TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ligorio, G.
A1  - Nardi, M. V.
A1  - Steyrleuthner, Robert
A1  - Ihiawakrim, D.
A1  - Crespo-Monteiro, N.
A1  - Brinkmann, Martin
A1  - Neher, Dieter
A1  - Koch, N.
T1  - Metal nanoparticle mediated space charge and its optical control in an organic hole-only device
JF  - Applied physics letters
N2  - We reveal the role of localized space charges in hole-only devices based on an organic semiconductor with embedded metal nanoparticles (MNPs). MNPs act as deep traps for holes and reduce the current density compared to a device without MNPs by a factor of 10(4) due to the build-up of localized space charge. Dynamic MNPs charged neutrality can be realized during operation by electron transfer from excitons created in the organic matrix, enabling light sensing independent of device bias. In contrast to the previous speculations, electrical bistability in such devices was not observed. (C) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4945710
SN  - 0003-6951
SN  - 1077-3118
VL  - 108
PB  - American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Zerson, Mario
A1  - Neumann, Martin
A1  - Steyrleuthner, Robert
A1  - Neher, Dieter
A1  - Magerle, Robert
T1  - Surface Structure of Semicrystalline Naphthalene Diimide-Bithiophene Copolymer Films Studied with Atomic Force Microscopy
JF  - Macromolecules : a publication of the American Chemical Society
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.6b00988
SN  - 0024-9297
SN  - 1520-5835
VL  - 49
SP  - 6549
EP  - 6557
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pingel, Patrick
A1  - Arvind, Malavika
A1  - Kölln, Lisa
A1  - Steyrleuthner, Robert
A1  - Kraffert, Felix
A1  - Behrends, Jan
A1  - Janietz, Silvia
A1  - Neher, Dieter
T1  - p-Type Doping of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with the Strong Lewis Acid Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane
JF  - Advanced electronic materials
N2  - State-of-the-art p-type doping of organic semiconductors is usually achieved by employing strong -electron acceptors, a prominent example being tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane (F(4)TCNQ). Here, doping of the semiconducting model polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, using the strong Lewis acid tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane (BCF) as a dopant, is investigated by admittance, conductivity, and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements. The electrical characteristics of BCF- and F(4)TCNQ-doped P3HT layers are shown to be very similar in terms of the mobile hole density and the doping efficiency. Roughly 18% of the employed dopants create mobile holes in either F-4 TCNQ- or BCF-doped P3HT, while the majority of doping-induced holes remain strongly Coulomb-bound to the dopant anions. Despite similar hole densities, conductivity and hole mobility are higher in BCF-doped P3HT layers than in F(4)TCNQ-doped samples. This and the good solubility in many organic solvents render BCF very useful for p-type doping of organic semiconductors.
KW  - charge carrier transport
KW  - charge transfer
KW  - conductivity
KW  - molecular doping
KW  - organic semiconductors
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201600204
SN  - 2199-160X
VL  - 2
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -