Les travaux effectués dans le cadre de la thèse de doctorat, ont porté sur la mesure de la mobilité des porteurs de charge dans des semi-conducteurs organiques. La thèse de doctorat a été réalisée en "cotutelle" dans le cadre du programme franco-polonais entre le Département de Chimie de l'Université de Technologie de Wroclaw et les Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères de l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. Certains des résultats présentés ont été obtenus dans le cadre d'un stage scientifique dans la groupe du prof. Jeong Weon Wu à l'Ewha Womans University, Séoul, Corée du Sud. Cette thèse se compose de deux parties principales, une théoriques et expérimentales. Dans le premier, je décris matériaux semi-conducteurs organiques et les techniques de mesure, que je utilisé au cours de la thèse. La partie expérimentale est composé de cinq chapitres. En raison du fait que les molécules recherchées diffèrent fortement dans leurs structures et leurs propriétés, je décidai de présenter chaque chapitre dans la forme d'un article scientifique. La caractéristique commune de toutes les molécules étudiées est la possibilité de l'auto-organisation supramoléculaire dans les structures de cristaux liquides. Je étudié composés accepteurs-donneurs, qui peut être comprise comme matériaux de type p et n semi-conducteur. Au cours de ma thèse j'ai utilisé la technique de temps de vol et mesuré les caractéristiques courant-tension de transistor à effet de champ organique pour déterminer la mobilité des porteurs des charges dans semi-conducteurs organiques. Enfin, je payé beaucoup d'attention aux techniques spectroscopiques, y compris d'absorption femtoseconde résolue en temps. / I have carried out my PhD Thesis within the framework of a Polish-French “cotutelle” program, between Chemistry Department of Wroclaw University of Technology and Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères of Université Pierre et Marie Curie. The Polish advisor of this work was Prof. Marek Samoć and the French advisor was Prof. André Jean Attias. A part of results described in this Thesis was obtained during a research internship in a group of Prof. Jeong Weon Wu from Ewha Womans University in South Korea. This Thesis is composed of two main parts, a theoretical and experimental. In the former I describe organic semiconducting materials and the measurement techniques, which I utilized during the PhD work. The experimental part is composed of five chapters. Due to the fact that the investigated molecules differed strongly in their structures and properties, I decided to present every chapter within a form of a scientific article. The common feature of all explored molecules is the possibility of supramolecular self organization into liquid crystalline structures, and the opportunity of utilizing these materials in organic electronics and optoelectronics. Among these molecules, both oligomers and polymers can be distinguished. I studied also donor acceptor compounds, which in terms of organic electronics can be understood as materials with p and n type semiconducting character. During my PhD Thesis I used Time-of-Flight technique and measured current voltage characteristics of organic field effect transistor (OFET) to determine charge carriers mobility in organic semiconductor. Finally, I paid a lot of attention to the spectroscopic techniques, including fs transient absorption.

Cette thèse propose, décrit et utilise un ensemble de techniques basées sur la microscopie à force atomique sous ultravide pour la cartographie simultanée, à l'échelle nanométrique, de la topographie de surface et des dynamiques temporelles des photo-porteurs. Ainsi, en contrôlant la dépendance du photo-potentiel de surface moyen mesuré par microscopie à force de sonde Kelvin en fonction de la fréquence de répétition d'une source lumineuse externe d'excitation, le dispositif expérimental permet d’accéder aux dynamiques temporelles du photo-potentiel de surface qui, à leur tour, permettent d'étudier les dynamiques des photo-porteurs sur une large gamme d'échantillons. Afin de permettre le processus de nano-imagerie bidimensionnelle, ces mesures sont acquises de manière répétée en enregistrant des courbes spectroscopiques en chaque point d’une grille prédéfinie. En utilisant une procédure d'ajustement mathématique automatique, les dynamiques temporelles des photo-porteurs sont extraites à partir des données expérimentales.Cet ensemble de nouvelles méthodes est utilisé pour l’étude de plusieurs types d'échantillons issus de différentes technologies photovoltaïques telles que des couches minces en silicium poly-cristallin à petits grains, des cellules de troisième génération à nano cristaux de silicium, des cellules photovoltaïques organiques et des cellules à base de matériaux de structure pérovskite. Dans chaque cas, on décrit les processus de recombinaison des photo-porteurs ainsi que leur lien avec la morphologie et la structuration du matériau. Enfin, les aspects techniques de ces nouvelles méthodes d’analyse sont présentés, ainsi que leurs limites, notamment celles concernant l'interprétation des résultats. / This thesis is directed towards the proposition and demonstration of a set of novel advanced atomic force microscopy based techniques under ultra-high vacuum conditions, enabling to map simultaneously the surface topography and the photo-carrier dynamics at the nanometre scale. In fact, by monitoring the dependence of the average surface photo-voltage measured with Kelvin probe force microscopy, as a function of the repetition frequency of a modulated excitation source, we will access the built-up and decay dynamics of the surface photo-voltage response which in turn will allows us to study the photo-carrier dynamics over a wide range of samples. In order to enable the 2-dimensional nano-imaging process, Kelvin probe force microscopy under modulated illumination measurements are acquired repeatedly over each point of a predefined grid area over the sample acquiring a set of spectroscopy curves. Then, using an automatic mathematical fit procedure, spectroscopy curves are translated into pixels of the photo-carrier dynamic time-constant images.Moreover, these set of novel techniques will be used to investigate the surface photo-voltage dynamics in several kinds of photovoltaic samples from different technological branches such as small grain polycrystalline silicon thin films, silicon nanocrystal-based third generation cells, bulk heterojunction donor-acceptor organic photovoltaics and organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite single crystal cells, discussing in each case the photo-carrier recombination process and its relation with the material’s structuration/morphology. Finally, technical aspects of these novel techniques will be discussed as well as their limitations and remaining open question regarding results interpretation.

Photo-induced charge transfer which occurs between molecules or different parts of a large molecule is the pivotal process related to performances of organic electronics. In particular, injection of charge carriers into conjugated polymers and dissociation of photo-generated excitons at the heterojunction between a donor and acceptor system are of great importance in determining the luminescence efficiency of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar energy conversion efficiency of organic solar cells, respectively. However, the complex nature of organic semiconductors as well as complicated primary processes involved in the functioning of these devices have prevented us from understanding unique characteristics of these processes and thereby engineering better materials for higher performances. In this dissertation, two different types of photo-induced (or -related) charge transfer processes occurring in organic semiconductors were investigated by using single molecule spectroscopy (SMS) techniques to unravel the complexities of these processes. The carefully designed functioning capacitor-like model devices similar to OLEDs and photovoltaic cells were fabricated where isolated single nanoparticles were introduced as an active medium to mitigate the complexities of these materials. We observed that injection of positively charged carriers (holes) into poly[2-methoxy-5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) single nanoparticles from the carbazole hole transport layer does not occur in the absence of light. We denoted the observed hole injection in aid of light as the light-induced hole transfer mechanism (LIHT). It was revealed that the charging dynamics are highly consistent with a cooperative charging effect. In addition, the LIHT was proposed as the possible source for the formation of deep trapped hole in organic devices. Local exciton dissociation yields across a nanostructured domain between poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole) (F8BT) single nanoparticles and either poly(9,9- dioctylfluorene - co - bis-N,N- (4 -butylphenyl)-bis-N,N-phenyl-1,4-phenylene diamine) (PFB) or poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co-N-(4-butylphenyl)diphenylamine) (TFB) film in model photovoltaic devices was also investigated. A wide distribution of exciton dissociation yields was observed from each nanodomain due to the device geometry. The observed hysteresis in fluorescence voltage curve was ascribed to accumulated charges following charge separations. The dynamics of charge separation under the applied electric field was described in more detail. / text

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Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit der ramanspektroskopischen Charakterisierung von Galliumnitrid (GaN). Der Zusammenhang zwischen Waferkrümmung und mechanischer Restspannungen wird diskutiert. Mit Hilfe konfokaler Mikro-Ramanmessungen wurden Dotierprofile nachgewiesen sowie die Ladungsträgerkonzentration und -beweglichkeit ermittelt. Sämtliche Ramantensorelemente von wz-GaN wurden erstmals durch die Anwendung verschiedener Streugeometrien bestimmt. Eine neu entwickelte Vorwärtsstreuanordnung ermöglichte die Beobachtung von Phonon-Polaritonen. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass von der theoretischen und experimentellen Betrachtung der Ramanstreuintensitäten dieser Elementaranregungen eindeutig das Vorzeichen der Faust-Henry-Koeffizienten von wz-GaN abgeleitet werden kann. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurden alle Faust-Henry-Koeffizienten für GaN experimentell bestimmt. / This thesis focuses on special aspects of the Raman spectroscopical characterization of wurtzite gallium nitride (wz-GaN). The correlation between wafer curvature and residual stress is discussed. By means of confocal micro-Raman measurements doping profiles were detected as well as the density and mobility of free charge carriers were deduced. All Raman scattering cross sections of wz-GaN were determined the first time using different scattering configurations. A novel method for near-forward scattering was developed in order to observe phonon polaritons with pure symmetry. It is shown that the theoretical and experimental consideration of the Raman scattering efficiency of these elementary excitations allow for determining the sign of the Faust-Henry coefficients of wz-GaN unambiguously. The Faust-Henry coefficients of GaN were deduced from Raman scattering efficiencies of corresponding TO and LO phonons.

Спроектирована установка для нанесения органических покрытий. Установка термовакуумного нанесения и виртуальный прибор «ThermoVAC&Co» позволяют осуществлять синтез тонкопленочных покрытий, контролируя температуру нагрева испаряемого вещества до 500 °C. Выполнен синтез тонких пленок 5,11-диметил-5,11-дигидроиндоло [3.2-b]карбазола 5,11-дигексил-5,11-дигидроиндоло[3.2-b]карбазола, 5,11-бис(2-метоксиэтил)-5,11-дигидроиндоло[3,2-b]карбазола и 5,11-бис[2-(2-метоксиэтокси)этокси]-5,11-дигидроиндоло[3,2-b]карбазола для исследования оптических и электрических характеристик. С помощью конфокального микроскопа Axio CSM 700 была проведена аттестация поверхности синтезируемых покрытий. Спектры оптического поглощения были получены на спектрометре Shimadzu UV-2450. Расчетный потенциал ионизации для исследованных соединений ICZ составляет 6,82-7,1 эВ. Обсуждается влияние отдельных блоков соединений на спектр оптического поглощения. На базе микрозондовой станции Cascade Microtech MPS150 произведены измерения вольтамперных характеристик структуры ITO/-ICZ/Al. По данным ВАХ были рассчитаны подвижности зарядов по модели инжекционных токов. Подвижность носителей заряда, оцененная по вольтамперным характеристикам, находится в диапазоне 2,2 ∙ 10-9–1,43 ∙ 10-6 см2 / (В·сек) для исследованных соединений ICZ. Установлена связь между интенсивностью полос поглощения с максимумом около 430 нм и подвижностью носителей заряда. / The installation for applying organic coatings is designed. The thermal vacuum deposition unit and the «ThermoVAC & Co» virtual instrument allow the synthesis of thin-film coatings, controlling the temperature of heating the evaporated substance up to 500 ° C. The thin films of 5,11-dimethyl-5,11-dihydroindolo [3.2-b] carbazole 5,11-dihexyl-5,11-dihydroindolo [3.2-b] carbazole, 5,11-bis (2-methoxyethyl) - 5,11-dihydroindolo [3,2-b] carbazole and 5,11-bis [2- (2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy] -5,11-dihydroindolo [3,2-b] carbazole were synthesized to study optical and electrical characteristics. The surface of the synthesized coatings was certified using the Axio CSM 700 confocal microscope. Optical absorption spectra were obtained with the Shimadzu UV-2450 spectrometer. The calculated ionization potential is 6.82–7.1 eV for the studied ICZ compounds. The effect of individual blocks of compounds on the optical absorption spectrum is discussed. The current-voltage characteristics of the ITO / -ICZ / Al structure were measured with the Cascade Microtech MPS150 microprobe station. According to the I-V characteristics data, the charge mobility was calculated using the injection current model. The mobility of charge carriers, estimated by the current-voltage characteristics, is in the range 2,2 ∙ 10-9–1,43 ∙ 10-6 cm2/ (V·sec) for the studied ICZ compounds. The relationship between the intensity of absorption bands with a maximum near 430 nm, and the mobility of charge carriers were found.

(In,Ga)N/GaN-Leuchtdioden wurden vor mehr als 10 Jahren kommerzialisiert, dennoch ist das Verständnis über den Einfluss von Lokalisierung auf die Rekombinationsdynamik in den (In,Ga)N/GaN Quantengräben (QG) unvollständig. In dieser Arbeit nutzen wir die temperaturabhängige stationäre und zeitaufgelöste Spektroskopie der Photolumineszenz (PL), um diesen Einfluss in einer typischen Ga-polaren, planaren (In,Ga)N/GaN-QG-Struktur zu untersuchen. Zusätzlich dehnen wir unsere Studie auf N-polare, axiale (In,Ga)N/GaN Quantumscheiben, nichtpolare Kern/Mantel GaN/(In,Ga)N µ-Drähte und Ga-polare, submonolage InN/GaN Übergitter aus. Während wir einen einfach exponentiellen Abfall der PL-Intensität in den nichtpolaren QG beobachten (Hinweise auf die Rekombination von Exzitonen), folgen die PL-Transienten in polaren QG asymptotisch einem Potenzgesetz. Dieses Potenzgesetz weist auf eine Rekombination zwischen individuell lokalisierten, räumlich getrennten Elektronen und Löchern hin. Für einen solchen Zerfall kann keine eindeutige PL-Lebensdauer definiert werden, was die Schätzung der internen Quanteneffizienz und die Bestimmung einer Diffusionslänge erschwert. Um nützliche Rekombinationsparameter und Diffusivitäten für die polaren QG zu extrahieren, analysieren wir die PL-Transienten mit positionsabhängigen Diffusionsreaktionsgleichungen, die durch einen Monte-Carlo-Algorithmus effizient gelöst werden. Aus diesen Simulationen ergibt sich, dass das asymptotische Potenzgesetz auch bei effizienter nichtstrahlender Rekombination (z. B. in den Nanodrähten) erhalten bleibt. Zudem stellen wir fest, dass sich die InN/GaN Übergitter elektronisch wie konventionelle (In,Ga)N/GaN QG verhalten, aber mit starkem, thermisch aktiviertem nichtstrahlenden Kanal. Des Weiteren zeigen wir, dass das Verhältnis von Lokalisierungs- und Exzitonenbindungsenergie bestimmt, dass die Rekombination entweder durch das Tunneln von Elektronen und Löchern oder durch den Zerfall von Exzitonen dominiert wird. / (In,Ga)N/GaN light-emitting diodes have been commercialized more than one decade ago. However, the knowledge about the influence of the localization on the recombination dynamics and on the diffusivity in the (In,Ga)N/GaN quantum wells (QWs) is still incomplete. In this thesis, we employ temperature-dependent steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy to investigate the impact of localization on the recombination dynamics of a typical Ga-polar, planar (In,Ga)N/GaN QW structure. In addition, we extend our study to N-polar, axial (In,Ga)N/GaN quantum disks, nonpolar core/shell GaN/(In,Ga)N µ-rods, and Ga-polar, sub-monolayer InN/GaN superlattices. While we observe a single exponential decay of the PL intensity in the nonpolar QWs, indicating the recombination of excitons, the decay of the PL intensity in polar QWs asymptotically obeys a power law. This power law reveals that recombination occurs between individually localized, spatially separated electrons and holes. No unique PL lifetime can be defined for such a decay, which impedes the estimation of the internal quantum efficiency and the determination of a diffusion length. In order to extract useful recombination parameters and diffusivities for the polar QWs, we analyze the PL transients with position-dependent diffusion-reaction equations, efficiently solved by a Monte Carlo algorithm. From these simulations, we conclude that the power law asymptote is preserved despite efficient nonradiative recombination in the nanowires. Moreover, we find that the InN/GaN superlattices behave electronically as conventional (In,Ga)N/GaN QWs, but with a strong, thermally-activated nonradiative channel. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the ratio of localization and exciton binding energy, both of which are influenced by the magnitude of the internal electric fields in the QWs, determines the recombination mechanism to be either dominated by tunneling of electrons and holes or by the decay of excitons.

Electrochemical systems, which rely on coupled phenomena of the chemical change and electricity, have been utilized for development an interface between biological systems and conventional electronics.  The development and detailed understanding of the operation mechanism of such interfaces have a great importance to many fields within life science and conventional electronics. Conducting polymer materials are extensively used as a building block in various applications due to their ability to transduce chemical signal to electrical one and vice versa. The mechanism of the coupling between the mass and charge transfer in electrochemical systems, and particularly in conductive polymer based system, is highly complex and depends on various physical and chemical properties of the materials composing the system of interest. The aims of this thesis have been to study electrochemical systems including conductive polymer based systems and provide knowledge for future development of the devices, which can operate with both chemical and electrical signals. Within the thesis, we studied the operation mechanism of ion bipolar junction transistor (IBJT), which have been previously utilized to modulate delivery of charged molecules. We analysed the different operation modes of IBJT and transition between them on the basis of detailed concentration and potential profiles provided by the model. We also performed investigation of capacitive charging in conductive PEDOT:PSS polymer electrode. We demonstrated that capacitive charging of PEDOT:PSS electrode at the cyclic voltammetry, can be understood within a modified Nernst-Planck-Poisson formalism for two phase system in terms of the coupled ion-electron diffusion and migration without invoking the assumption of any redox reactions. Further, we studied electronic structure and optical properties of a self-doped p-type conducting polymer, which can polymerize itself along the stem of the plants. We performed ab initio calculations for this system in undoped, polaron and bipolaron electronic states. Comparison with experimental data confirmed the formation of undoped or bipolaron states in polymer film depending on applied biases. Finally, we performed simulation of the reduction-oxidation reaction at microband array electrodes. We showed that faradaic current density at microband array electrodes increases due to non-linear mass transport on the microscale compared to the corresponding macroscale systems.  The studied microband array electrode was used for developing a laccase-based microband biosensor. The biosensor revealed improved analytical performance, and was utilized for in situ phenol detection.