We present an improved model of charge carrier photogeneration in π-conju- gated polymers with weak intermolecular interactions based on the model of Arkhipov. It includes quantum effects affecting the creation of charge transfer states, which occurs as an intermediate step in the free charge carrier photo- generation process. The electrostatic potential between the electron and the hole and transfer integrals needed for the calculation of the potential barrier for the charge transfer state dissociation are calculated quantum-chemically. We apply our model on experimental data of the charge carrier photogenera- tion efficiency in poly[1-trimethylsilylphenyl,2-phenyl]acetylene to explain its dependence on applied electric field. We eliminate several problems of the previous model. We are able to fit experimental data with just one set of parameters in the whole interval of the applied electric field. We do not have to consider several intervals of the electric field separately as in the previous work and reduce the number of needed parameters to three. Key words π-conjugated polymers, charge carrier photogeneration, photoconductivity 1
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:325048 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Jex, Michal |
| Contributors | Pfleger, Jiří, Nachtigall, Petr |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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