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Characterization of the charge transport and electrical properties in solution-processed semiconducting polymers

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The conventional charge transport models based on density- and field-dependent mobility, only having a non-Arrhenius temperature dependence, cannot give good current-voltage characteristics of poly (2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethylhexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) hole-only devices. In this paper, we demonstrate that the current-voltage characteristics can give a good unified description of the temperature, carrier density and electric field dependence of mobility based on both the Arrhenius temperature dependence and the non-Arrhenius temperature dependence. Furthermore, we perform a systematic study of charge transport and electrical properties for MEH-PPV. It is shown that the boundary carrier density has an important effect on the current-voltage characteristics. Too large or too small values of boundary carrier density will lead to incorrect current-voltage characteristics. The numerically calculated carrier density is a decreasing function of the distance to the interface, and the numerically calculated electric field is an increasing function of the distance. Both the maximum of carrier density and the minimum of electric field appear near the interface.

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    LiGuo Wang, HuaiWu Zhang, XiaoLi Tang, YuanXun Li & ZhiYong Zhong

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Wang, L., Zhang, H., Tang, X. et al. Characterization of the charge transport and electrical properties in solution-processed semiconducting polymers. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 55, 786–791 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-012-4709-6

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