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Photoexcitation and Free-Carrier Transport Phenomena for Organic Optoelectronics and Photovoltaics

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I. Biaggio, Department of Physics, Lehigh University

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Investigating the origin of the high photoconductivity of rubrene:

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photocurrent arising during the nanosecond lifetime of the excitons and a large delayed photocurrent that appears ~100 microseconds later. The largest portion of photoexcited excitons are stabilized at defect centers close to the surface that then lead to the delayed photocurrent via thermal excitation. This exciton ionization process has a quantum efficiency close to one. Quadratic recombination of charge carriers released from exciton ionization leads to a dependence of the delayed photocurrent amplitude and build-up speed on the density of photoexcited excitons. The small, fast photocurrent has a different origin, probably related to bulk defects that lead to exciton ionization during its lifetime.

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H. Najafov, B. Lyu, I. Biaggio, V. Podzorov, PRB 77, 125202 (2008) Tuesday, August 4, 2009