Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2011-10-07
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 14426
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1021/jp1012347
Charged polarons in thin films of polymer-fullerene composites are investigated by light-induced electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) at 9.5 GHz (X-band) and 130 GHz (D-band). The materials studied were poly(3-hexylthiophene) (PHT), [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (C60-PCBM), and two different soluble C70-derivates: C70-PCBM and diphenylmethano[70]fullerene oligoether (C70-DPM-OE). The first experimental identification of the negative polaron localized on the C70-cage in polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunctions has been obtained. When recorded at conventional X-band EPR, this signal is overlapping with the signal of the positive polaron, which does not allow for its direct experimental identification. Owing to the superior spectral resolution of the high frequency D-band EPR, we were able to separate light-induced signals from P+ and P- in PHT-C70 bulk heterojunctions. Comparing signals from C70-derivatives with different side-chains, we have obtained experimental proof that the polaron is localized on the cage of the C70 molecule.
Deibel Carsten
Dyakonov Vladimir
Filippone Salvatore
Martin Nazario
Poluektov Oleg G.
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