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Generation and Transport of Photocarriers in Head-Tail Poly(3-Alkylthiophene) Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Koichi Rikitake ,
Wataru Takashima  and
Keiichi Kaneto
Koichi Rikitake
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
Wataru Takashima
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
Keiichi Kaneto
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
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Abstract

Photovoltaic effects in Schottky Junction cells composed with Au/head-tail poly(3-hexylthiophene) (HT-P3HT)/Al have been studied as a function of excitation photon energy and temperature. It has been found that photocarriers are effectively generated at the interface of HT-P3HT/Al from the excitation spectra of photocurrents (photoaction spectra), which were obtained upon illumination to the Au or Al sides. The photoaction spectra also suggest that the photocarrier generation occurs at around 2.3 eV and 3.5 eV, which correspond to the peak of φ-φ* absorption and the photon energy with lower optical density region, respectively. The mechanisms of photocarrier generation are discussed taking the role of the Schottky junction into consideration.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 708: Symposium BB – Organic Optoelectronic Materials, Processing and Devices , 2001 , BB10.40
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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