Molecular organization in MAPLE-deposited conjugated polymer thin films and the implications for carrier transport characteristics

Dong, Ban Xuan; Li, Anton; Strzalka, Joseph; Stein, Gila E.; Green, Peter F.

doi:10.1002/polb.24237

Title: Molecular organization in MAPLE-deposited conjugated polymer thin films and the implications for carrier transport characteristics

Journal Article · Sun Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24237 · OSTI ID:1339946

Dong, Ban Xuan ^[1]; Li, Anton ^[1]; Strzalka, Joseph ^[2]; Stein, Gila E. ^[3]; Green, Peter F. ^[1]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

The morphological structure of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) thin films deposited by both Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) and solution spin-casting methods are investigated. We found that the MAPLE samples possessed a higher degree of disorder, with random orientations of polymer crystallites along the side-chain stacking, π-π stacking, and conjugated backbone directions. Furthermore, the average molecular orientations and relative degrees of crystallinity of MAPLE-deposited polymer films are insensitive to the chemistries of the substrates onto which they were deposited; this is in stark contrast to the films prepared by the conventional spin-casting technique. In spite of the seemingly unfavorable molecular orientations and the highly disordered morphologies, the in-plane charge carrier transport characteristics of the MAPLE samples are comparable to those of spin-cast samples, exhibiting similar transport activation energies (56 meV versus 54 meV) to those reported in the literature for high mobility polymers.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); National Science Foundation (NSF); Vietnam Education Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1339946

Journal Information:: Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 55; ISSN 0887-6266

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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