| Issue |
EPL
Volume 88, Number 6, December 2009
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| Article Number | 67006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/88/67006 | |
| Published online | 23 December 2009 | |
Charge carrier untrapping by temperature effects in conjugated polymers
Institute of Physics, University of Brasilia - 70.917-970, Brazil
Corresponding author: pedrohenrique.fis@gmail.com
Received:
15
September
2009
Accepted:
23
November
2009
The temperature influence on charge carrier dynamics is fundamental for the description of the performance of organic diodes and transistors. In this work we treat the temperature on charge transport of both intrachain and interchain process, considering situations where the charge carriers are initially bound in some aspect. We obtain in both cases that the temperature increase can raise the carriers mobility by the same mechanism. The reasons for mobility increase are charge carrier delocalization as well as energy gain for charged polarons. The mechanisms are studied in the scope of the SSH model modified to include temperature effects, impurities and interchain interactions.
PACS: 71.23.An – Theories and models; localized states / 72.80.Le – Polymers; organic compounds (including organic semiconductors) / 71.38.-k – Polarons and electron-phonon interactions
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