@article{PingelNeher2013, author = {Pingel, P. and Neher, Dieter}, title = {Comprehensive picture of p-type doping of P3HT with the molecular acceptor F(4)TCNQ}, series = {Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics}, volume = {87}, journal = {Physical review : B, Condensed matter and materials physics}, number = {11}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, address = {College Park}, issn = {1098-0121}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115209}, pages = {9}, year = {2013}, abstract = {By means of optical spectroscopy, Kelvin probe, and conductivity measurements, we study the p-type doping of the donor polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, with the molecular acceptor tetrafluorotetracyanoquin-odimethane, F(4)TCNQ, covering a broad range of molar doping ratios from the ppm to the percent regime. Thorough quantitative analysis of the specific near-infrared absorption bands of ionized F(4)TCNQ reveals that almost every F(4)TCNQ dopant undergoes integer charge transfer with a P3HT site. However, only about 5\% of these charge carrier pairs are found to dissociate and contribute a free hole for electrical conduction. The nonlinear behavior of the conductivity on doping ratio is rationalized by a numerical mobility model that accounts for the broadening of the energetic distribution of transport sites by the Coulomb potentials of ionized F(4)TCNQ dopants. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115209}, language = {en} } @article{PingelSchwarzlNeher2012, author = {Pingel, P. and Schwarzl, R. and Neher, Dieter}, title = {Effect of molecular p-doping on hole density and mobility in poly(3-hexylthiophene)}, series = {Applied physics letters}, volume = {100}, journal = {Applied physics letters}, number = {14}, publisher = {American Institute of Physics}, address = {Melville}, issn = {0003-6951}, doi = {10.1063/1.3701729}, pages = {3}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Employing impedance spectroscopy, we have studied the hole density, conductivity, and mobility of poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, doped with the strong molecular acceptor tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane, F(4)TCNQ. We find that the hole density increases linearly with the F(4)TCNQ concentration. Furthermore, the hole mobility is decreased upon doping at low-to-medium doping level, which is rationalized by an analytic model of carrier mobility in doped organic semiconductors [V. I. Arkhipov, E. V. Emelianova, P. Heremans, and H. Bassler, Phys. Rev. B 72, 235202 (2005)]. We infer that the presence of ionized F(4)TCNQ molecules in the P3HT layer increases energetic disorder, which diminishes the carrier mobility.}, language = {en} }