4.6 Article

Disentangling Bulk and Interface Phenomena in a Molecularly Doped Polymer Semiconductor

Journal

ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 14, Pages -

Publisher

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202002039

Keywords

conjugated polymers; doping; molecular electron donor; organic semiconductors

Funding

  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [239543752, 182087777-SFB 951]
  2. US National Science Foundation [DMR-1807797]
  3. US National Science Foundation (DMREF program) [DMR-1729737]
  4. Projekt DEAL

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Doping the electron-transport polymer with a reducing metallocene leads to increased bulk conductivity and decreased contact resistance. Accumulation of dopant molecules on the substrate reduces the work function, minimizing the electron injection barrier. Understanding the effects of electrode modification by the dopant and bulk doping is crucial for comprehensively understanding doped organic semiconductors.
Doping the electron-transport polymer poly{[N,N '-bis(2-octyldodecyl)naphthalene-1,4,5,8-bis(dicarboximide)-2,6-diyl]-alt-5,5 '-(2,2 '-bithiophene)} [P(NDI2OD-T-2)] with the bulky, strongly reducing metallocene 1,2,3,4,1 ',2 ',3 ',4 '-octaphenylrhodocene (OPR) leads to an increased bulk conductivity and a decreased contact resistance. While the former arises from low-level n-doping of the intrinsic polymer and increased carrier mobility due to trap-filling, the latter arises from a pronounced accumulation of dopant molecules at an indium tin oxide (ITO) substrate. Electron transfer from OPR to ITO leads to a work function reduction, which pins the Fermi level at the P(NDI2OD-T-2) conduction band and thus minimizes the electron injection barrier and the contact resistance. The results demonstrate that disentangling the effects of electrode modification by the dopant and bulk doping is essential to comprehensively understand doped organic semiconductors.

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