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Strong modification of the transport level alignment in organic materials after optical excitation

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  • Benjamin Stadtmüller

    (University of Kaiserslautern
    Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz)

  • Sebastian Emmerich

    (University of Kaiserslautern
    Graduate School of Excellence Materials Science in Mainz)

  • Dominik Jungkenn

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Norman Haag

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Markus Rollinger

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Steffen Eich

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Mahalingam Maniraj

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Martin Aeschlimann

    (University of Kaiserslautern)

  • Mirko Cinchetti

    (Technische Universität Dortmund)

  • Stefan Mathias

    (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Abstract

Organic photovoltaic devices operate by absorbing light and generating current. These two processes are governed by the optical and transport properties of the organic semiconductor. Despite their common microscopic origin—the electronic structure—disclosing their dynamical interplay is far from trivial. Here we address this issue by time-resolved photoemission to directly investigate the correlation between the optical and transport response in organic materials. We reveal that optical generation of non-interacting excitons in a fullerene film results in a substantial redistribution of all transport levels (within 0.4 eV) of the non-excited molecules. As all observed dynamics evolve on identical timescales, we conclude that optical and transport properties are completely interlinked. This finding paves the way for developing novel concepts for transport level engineering on ultrafast time scales that could lead to novel functional optoelectronic devices.

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  • Benjamin Stadtmüller & Sebastian Emmerich & Dominik Jungkenn & Norman Haag & Markus Rollinger & Steffen Eich & Mahalingam Maniraj & Martin Aeschlimann & Mirko Cinchetti & Stefan Mathias, 2019. "Strong modification of the transport level alignment in organic materials after optical excitation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-09136-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09136-7
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