Absorption cross-sections of hole polarons in glassy and beta-phase polyfluorene

Francisco Montilla; Arvydas Ruseckas; Ifor David William Samuel

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2013.08.098

Absorption cross-sections of hole polarons in glassy and beta-phase polyfluorene

Francisco Montilla^*, Arvydas Ruseckas, Ifor David William Samuel

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Abstract

Absorption induced by electrochemically injected holes is studied in poly-9,9-dioctylfluorene (PFO) films. Injected charges form positive polarons which are delocalised over four fluorene units in the glassy phase and about seven fluorene units in its beta-phase. Polaron absorption cross-sections at the 640 nm peak are similar to the published values of chemically reduced oligofluorenes in solution. The absorption cross-section of polaron in the beta-phase at 470 nm is about eight times smaller than the stimulated emission cross-section derived from published data. This indicates that beta-phase-rich PFO is an attractive candidate for a lightemitting layer in double-heterostructure organic laser diodes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-137
Number of pages	5
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	585
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2013.08.098
Publication status	Published - 14 Oct 2013

Keywords

Conjugated polymer
Films
Fluorescence
Photophysics
Morphology

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Absorption cross-sections of hole polarons in glassy and beta-phase polyfluorene

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