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Elsevier, Synthetic Metals, 3(125), p. 419-422

DOI: 10.1016/s0379-6779(01)00402-7

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Charge carrier mobility in substituted polythiophene-based diodes

Journal article published in 2001 by L. S. Roman ORCID, O. Inganäs
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Abstract

We have investigated the transport properties of the semiconducting polymer poly(3-(2′-methoxy-5′-octylphenyl)thiophene) (POMeOPT). We have measured the current–voltage (C–V) characteristics of single polymer layer devices in two regimes contact limited current and bulk-limited current. The passage from one regime to the other was done upon insertion of a conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) doped with poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT–PSS) between the metallic electrode and the semiconducting polymer. With PEDOT–PSS as electrode, the polymer gave space–charge limited current (SCLC) with the mobility dependent on electric field. Fitting the data, we were able to obtain important parameters, such as the zero-field mobility and the characteristic field. We have compared our results with the well-studied polymer poly(2-methoxy-5-(2′-ethyl-hexyloxy)–1,4-phenylene vinylene) (MEH–PPV) in similar experiments earlier reported.