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High-temperature stable single carrier hole only device based on conjugated polymers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2018

Shahidul Alam Open the ORCID record for Shahidul Alam [Opens in a new window] ,
Peter Fischer ,
Christian Kästner ,
Chetan R. Singh ,
Ulrich S. Schubert  and
Harald Hoppe
Shahidul Alam*
Affiliation:
Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany; and Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany
Peter Fischer
Affiliation:
Institute of Materials Engineering, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau 98693, Germany
Christian Kästner
Affiliation:
Institute of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau 98693, Germany
Chetan R. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Macromolecular Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth D-95440, Germany
Ulrich S. Schubert
Affiliation:
Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany; and Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany
Harald Hoppe*
Affiliation:
Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany; and Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07743, Germany
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: shahidul.alam@uni-jena.de
b)e-mail: harald.hoppe@uni-jena.de
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Abstract

Thin hole transport layers are important elements in organic semiconductor-based devices. Metal oxides are an encouraging material class for this purpose, as they may provide sufficient hole conduction in combination with excellent electron blocking properties. Both, long-term device stability, which may often be limited by the thermal stability of interfaces, and higher temperature processing steps, benefit strongly from the existence of thermally stable metal oxide interlayers. Provided that thermally stable electrodes can be fashioned, the stability of organic active layers—for example, in organic field effect transistors, light emitting diodes, or photovoltaic (OPV) devices can be investigated. Here, we apply this concept and report about the study of hole mobility (µh) in single-carrier-hole-only devices in dependence of thermal annealing up to the above the actual melting temperature of regio-regular poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT).

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optoelectronicorganicphotovoltaic
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Invited Article
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 33 , Issue 13: Focus Issue: Stabilization of Organic Electronic Materials and Devices , 14 July 2018 , pp. 1860 - 1867
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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