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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 432, Issue 4-6, Pages 441-445Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2006.10.105
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Using THz time domain spectroscopy, we investigate ultrafast photoconductivity in two conjugated polymers, derivatives of poly(phenylene vinylene) (MEH-PPV) and polythiophene (RR-P3HT), to investigate free charge carrier dynamics. We find that the ultrafast photo-conductivity due to free charges is larger in the RR-P3HT than in the MEH-PPV sample. These charges are long-lived, remaining mobile for several nanoseconds, in contrast to the picosecond decay of free charges in MEH-PPV. By comparing our measured conductivities to charge mobilities inferred from microwave absorption measurements, we make estimates for the free carrier quantum yields. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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