Transient Photocurrent Spectroscopy in Conjugated Polymers

Anomalous Transient Photocurrent

The operating principle in conventional optoelectronic devices is based on steady-state photocurrent. In these devices, photogenerated carriers have to travel long distances across the devices. Various dissipation mechanisms such as traps, scattering and recombination dissipate these carriers during transport, and decrease device response speed as well as optoelectronic conversion efficiency, e...

Bipolaron recombination in conjugated polymers.

By using the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model modified to include electron-electron interactions, the Brazovskii-Kirova symmetry breaking term and an external electric field, we investigate the scattering process between a negative and a positive bipolaron in a system composed of two coupled polymer chains. Our results show that the Coulomb interactions do not favor the bipolaron recombination. In th...

Chiral -conjugated organoboron polymers*

A novel π-conjugated organoboron polymer with a chiral side chain was prepared by way of hydroboration polymerization between an optically active diyne monomer and triisopropylphenylborane. The achiral analog of this organoboron polymer was also prepared as reference material. Optical properties and optical activity were investigated by UV–vis absorption, fluorescence emission, and circular dic...

Conformational disorder in conjugated polymers

Fully conjugated ladder polymers

Fully conjugated ladder polymers (cLPs), in which all the backbone units on the polymer main-chain are π-conjugated and fused, have attracted great interest owing to their intriguing properties, remarkable chemical and thermal stability, and potential suitability as functional organic materials. The synthesis of cLPs can be, in general, achieved by two main strategies: single-step ladderization...