Systematic study of exciton diffusion length in organic semiconductors by six experimental methods

Jason D. A. Lin; Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko; Jingrun Chen; Mohammad Khairul Zarifi Haji Masri; Arvydas Ruseckas; Alexander Mikhailovsky; Reilly P. Raab; Jianhua Liu; Paul W. M. Blom; Maria Antonietta Loi; Carlos J. Garcia-Cervera; Ifor D. W. Samuel; [No Value] Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

doi:10.1039/c3mh00089c

Systematic study of exciton diffusion length in organic semiconductors by six experimental methods

Jason D. A. Lin, Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko, Jingrun Chen, Mohammad Khairul Zarifi Haji Masri, Arvydas Ruseckas, Alexander Mikhailovsky, Reilly P. Raab, Jianhua Liu, Paul W. M. Blom, Maria Antonietta Loi, Carlos J. Garcia-Cervera, Ifor D. W. Samuel, [No Value] Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

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Abstract

Six experimental methods have been used to investigate the exciton diffusion length in materials with systematic chemical modifications. We find that exciton diffusion length correlates with molecular ordering. We discuss situations in which certain experimental techniques are more appropriate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	280-285
Number of pages	6
Journal	Materials Horizons
Volume	1
Issue number	2
Early online date	23 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00089c
Publication status	Published - Mar 2014

Keywords

Solar-cells
Thin-films
Energy-transfer
Conjugated polymers
Optical interference
Heterojunction
Migration
Poly(3-hexylthiophene)
Dissociation
Dependence

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Lin, J. D. A., Mikhnenko, O. V., Chen, J., Haji Masri, M. K. Z., Ruseckas, A., Mikhailovsky, A., Raab, R. P., Liu, J., Blom, P. W. M., Loi, M. A., Garcia-Cervera, C. J., Samuel, I. D. W., & Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, N. V. (2014). Systematic study of exciton diffusion length in organic semiconductors by six experimental methods. Materials Horizons, 1(2), 280-285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3mh00089c

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Systematic study of exciton diffusion length in organic semiconductors by six experimental methods

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The effect of intermolecular interactions and disorder on exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors

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The effect of intermolecular interactions and disorder on exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors

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