Quantitative Evaluation of Optical Free Carrier Generation in Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Bai, Yusong; Bullard, George; Olivier, Jean-Hubert; Therien, Michael J.

doi:10.1021/jacs.8b05598

Title: Quantitative Evaluation of Optical Free Carrier Generation in Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Journal Article · Fri Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b05598· OSTI ID:1830742

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Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (United States)

Gauging free carrier generation (FCG) in optically excited, charge-neutral single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) has important implications for SWNT-based optoelectronics that rely upon conversion of photons to electrical current. Earlier investigations have largely provided only qualitative insights into optically triggered SWNT FCG, due to the heterogeneous nature of commonly interrogated SWNT samples and the lack of direct, unambiguous spectroscopic signatures that could be used to quantify charges. Here, employing ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy in conjunction with chirality-enriched, length-sorted, ionic-polymer-wrapped SWNTs, we develop a straightforward approach for quantitatively evaluating the extent of optically driven FCG in SWNTs. Owing to the previously identified trion transient absorptive hallmark (Tr⁺₁₁ → Tr⁺_nm) and the rapid nature of trion formation dynamics (<1 ps) relative to established free-carrier decay time scales (>ns), we correlate FCG with trion formation dynamics. Experimental determination of the trion absorptive cross section further enables evaluation of the quantum yields for optically driven FCG [Φ(E_nn → h⁺ + e^–)] as a function of optical excitation energy and medium dielectric strength. We show that (i) E₃₃ excitons give rise to dramatically enhanced Φ(E_nn → h⁺ + e^–) relative to those derived from E₂₂ and E₁₁ excitons and (ii) Φ(E₃₃ → h⁺ + e^–) monotonically increases from ~5% to 18% as the solvent dielectric constant increases from ~32 to 80. Furthermore, this work highlights the extent to which the nature of the medium and excitation conditions control FCG quantum yields in SWNTs: such studies have the potential to provide new design insights for SWNT-based compositions for optoelectronic applications that include photodetectors and photovoltaics.

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Research Organization:: Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

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Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 140, Issue 44; ISSN 0002-7863

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