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Using Cyclic Voltammetry, UV-Vis-NIR, and EPR Spectroelectrochemistry to Analyze Organic Compounds
Published on: October 18, 2018
Low-temperature transport properties of photogenerated charges in organic materials
A D Chepelianskii1, Jianpu Wang2, R H Friend3
1Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 OHE, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
We report a new experimental method to measure the localization length of photogenerated carriers in an organic donor-acceptor photovoltaic blend by comparing their dielectric and electron spin-resonance susceptibilities, which are simultaneously measured by monitoring the resonance frequency of a superconducting resonator. We show that at cryogenic temperatures excitons are dissociated into long lived states, but that these are confined within a separation of around 4 nm. We determine the Debye and recombination times, showing the coexistence of a fast electrical response corresponding to delocalized motion, with glasslike recombination kinetics.
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