Ultrafast Photoinduced Carrier Dynamics of Organic Semiconductors Measured by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy

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April 28, 2010

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Okan Esenturk, Joseph S. Melinger, Paul A. Lane, Edwin J. Heilweil

Abstract

Intrinsic properties of organic semiconductors are investigated by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy (TRTS) to assess their relative mobilities and efficiencies. Our results are well correlated with device measurements, and show the effectiveness and advantages of using this noncontact optical technique to rapidly identify prospective materials. After a brief introduction of the TRTS technique, we summarize our results from the relative mobility measurements of the organic semiconductor polymers poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and poly(2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene (PBTTT) as model active layers of transistor devices. We also synopsize our recent results from relative efficiency studies of blend and alternating multilayer films of zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and buckminsterfullerene (C60) as model active nanolayers for efficient solar cells.

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Organic Thin Films for Photonics Applications

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ACS, Washington, DC

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Keywords

blend film, buckminsterfullerene, multilayer thin film, photon-to-carrier efficiency, poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, poly(2, 5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2yl)thieno[3, 2-b]thiophene, PBTTT, solar cell, thin film, Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy, Zinc-Phthalocyanine

Citation

Esenturk, O. , Melinger, J. , Lane, P. and Heilweil, E. (2010), Ultrafast Photoinduced Carrier Dynamics of Organic Semiconductors Measured by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy, Organic Thin Films for Photonics Applications, ACS, Washington, DC, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2010-1039.ch017 (Accessed October 1, 2025)