Aggregate formation and its effect on (opto)electronic properties of guest-host organic semiconductors

Whitney E.B. Shepherd; Andrew D. Platt; David Hofer; Oksana Ostroverkhova; Marsha Loth; John E. Anthony

doi:10.1063/1.3505493

Aggregate formation and its effect on (opto)electronic properties of guest-host organic semiconductors

Whitney E.B. Shepherd, Andrew D. Platt, David Hofer, Oksana Ostroverkhova, Marsha Loth, John E. Anthony

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We quantify guest molecule aggregation and its effect on the photoconductive properties of guest-host thin films, depending on the guest concentration and host material. A high-performance anthradithiophene (ADT) derivative served as a guest, while functionalized benzothiophene (BTBTB) and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) were chosen as hosts. Aggregates exhibited redshifted optical absorption and photoluminescence (PL) spectra, as well as reduced PL quantum yields. Propensity toward guest aggregation differed for PMMA and BTBTB hosts. Photocurrents dramatically increased as the percentage of aggregated guest molecules increased due to considerably higher charge carrier mobility in the aggregates. At low guest concentrations, BTBTB films outperformed PMMA films.

Original language	English
Article number	163303
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	97
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3505493
State	Published - Oct 18 2010

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Funding Information:
We thank M. Kendrick and G. Banton for technical assistance. This work was supported by NSF via CAREER program (Grant No. DMR-0748671).

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