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Ultrafast Charge Photogeneration Dynamics in Ground-State Charge-Transfer Complexes Based on Conjugated Polymers
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posted on 2008-11-06, 00:00 authored by Artem A. Bakulin, Dmitry S. Martyanov, Dmitry Yu. Paraschuk, Maxim S. Pshenichnikov, Paul H. M. van LoosdrechtThe charge photogeneration and early recombination in MEH-PPV-based charge-transfer complexes (CTCs) and in MEH-PPV/PCBM blend as a reference are studied by ultrafast visible-pump−IR-probe spectroscopy. After excitation of the CTC band, an immediate (<100 fs) electron transfer is observed from the polymer chain to the acceptor with the same yield as in the MEH-PPV/PCBM blend. The forward charge transfer in the CTCs is followed by an efficient (∼95%) and fast (<30 ps) geminate recombination. For comparison, the recombination efficiency obtained in the MEH-PPV/PCBM blend does not exceed a mere 50%. Polarization-sensitive experiments demonstrate high (∼0.3) values of transient anisotropy for the CTCs polaron band. In contrast, in the MEH-PPV/PCBM blend the dipole moment orientation of the charge-induced transition is less correlated with the polarization of the excitation photon. According to these data, photogeneration and recombination of charges in the CTCs take place locally (i.e., within a single pair of a polymer conjugation segment and an acceptor) while in the MEH-PPV/PCBM blend exciton migration precedes the separation of charges. Results of the ultrafast experiments are supported by photocurrent measurements on the corresponding MEH-PPV/acceptor photodiodes.
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photocurrent measurementscharge transferCTC bandgeminate recombinationrecombination efficiencymoment orientationelectron transferultrafast experimentsacceptorConjugated PolymersThe charge photogenerationCTCs polaron bandexcitation photonUltrafast Charge Photogeneration Dynamicspolymer conjugation segmentpolymer chainblend
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