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1 Edited by W. Brütting, Ch. Adachi Physics of Organic Semiconductors Second, Completely New Revised Edition

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3 Edited by Wolfgang Brütting and Chihaya Adachi Physics of Organic Semiconductors

4 Related Titles Kampen, T. U. Low Molecular Weight Organic Semiconductors 2005 ISBN: Stallinga, P. Electrical Characterization of Organic Electronic Materials and Devices 2009 ISBN: Wöll, C. (ed.) Physical and Chemical Aspects of Organic Electronics From Fundamentals to Functioning Devices 2009 ISBN: Pagliaro, M., Palmisano, G., Ciriminna, R. Flexible Solar Cells 2008 ISBN: Schwoerer, M., Wolf, H. C. Organic Molecular Solids 2007 ISBN: Klauk, H. (ed.) Organic Electronics Materials, Manufacturing and Applications 2006 ISBN:

5 Edited by Wolfgang Brütting and Chihaya Adachi Physics of Organic Semiconductors 2nd completely new revised edition

6 The Editors Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Brütting University of Augsburg Institute of Physics Universitätsstr Augsburg Germany Prof. Dr. Chihaya Adachi Kyushu University Center for Future Chemistry 744 Motooka, Nishi Fukuoka Japan All books published by Wiley-VCH are carefully produced. Nevertheless, authors, editors, and publisher do not warrant the information contained in these books, including this book, to be free of errors. Readers are advised to keep in mind that statements, data, illustrations, procedural details or other items may inadvertently be inaccurate. Library of Congress Card No.: applied for British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nation albibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available on the Internet at dnb.d-nb.d e. #2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, Boschstr. 12, Weinheim, Germany Cover Picture Courtesy by H. Nakanotani and C. Adachi (see Chapter 18). All rights reserved (including those of translation into other languages). No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by photoprinting, microfilm, or any other means nor transmitted or translated into a machine language without written permission from the publishers. Registered names, trademarks, etc. used in this book, even when not specifically marked as such, are not to be considered unprotected by law. Print ISBN: epdf ISBN: epub ISBN: mobi ISBN: obook ISBN: Cover Design Typesetting Adam-Design, Weinheim Thomson Digital, Noida, India Printed on acid-free paper

7 jix Contents Foreword V Preface VII List of Contributors XIX Part One Film Growth, Electronic Structure, and Interfaces 1 1 Organic Molecular Beam Deposition 3 Frank Schreiber 1.1 Introduction Organic Molecular Beam Deposition General Concepts of Thin Film Growth Issues Specific to Organic Thin Film Growth Overview of Popular OMBD Systems PTCDA DIP Phthalocyanines Oligoacenes (Anthracene, Tetracene, and Pentacene) Films on Oxidized Silicon PTCDA DIP Phthalocyanines Pentacene Films on Aluminum Oxide PTCDA DIP Phthalocyanines Pentacene Films on Metals PTCDA Structure and Epitaxy of PTCDA/Ag(111) Comparison with Other Substrates 18

8 Xj Contents Dewetting and Thermal Properties Real-Time Growth DIP Phthalocyanines Pentacene Films on Other Substrates More Complex Heterostructures and Technical Interfaces Inorganic Organic Heterostructures Organic Organic Heterostructures Summary and Conclusions 28 References 29 2 Electronic Structure of Interfaces with Conjugated Organic Materials 35 Norbert Koch 2.1 Introduction Energy Levels of Organic Semiconductors Interfaces between Organic Semiconductors and Electrodes Atomically Clean Metal Electrodes Application-Relevant Electrodes Low Work Function Electrodes Conducting Polymer Electrodes Adjusting the Energy Level Alignment at Electrodes Energy Levels at Organic Semiconductor Heterojunctions Molecular Orientation Dependence Interfacial Charge Transfer Electrode-Induced Pinning of Energy Levels Molecular Dipoles for Energy Level Tuning Conclusions 59 References 59 3 Electronic Structure of Molecular Solids: Bridge to the Electrical Conduction 65 Nobuo Ueno 3.1 Introduction General View of Electronic States of Organic Solids From Single Molecule to Molecular Solid Polaron and Charge Transport Requirement from Thermodynamic Equilibrium Electronic Structure in Relation to Charge Transport Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy Energy Band Dispersion and Band Transport Mobility Density-of-States Effects in Polycrystalline Film Electron Phonon Coupling, Hopping Mobility, and Polaron Binding Energy Basic Background 79

9 3.4.2 Experimental Reorganization Energy and Polaron Binding Energy Summary 86 References 87 4 Interfacial Doping for Efficient Charge Injection in Organic Semiconductors 91 Jae-Hyun Lee and Jang-Joo Kim 4.1 Introduction Insertion of an Interfacial Layer in the Organic/Electrode Junction Electron Injection Hole Injection Doped Organic/Electrode Junctions Doping in Organic Semiconductors Dopants in Organic Semiconductors Charge Generation Efficiencies of Dopants Hole Injection through the p-doped Organic Layer/Anode Junction Electron Injection through the n-doped Organic Layer/Cathode Junction Doped Organic/Undoped Organic Junction Applications OLEDs OPVs OFETs Conclusions 115 References Displacement Current Measurement for Exploring Charge Carrier Dynamics in Organic Semiconductor Devices 119 Yutaka Noguchi, Yuya Tanaka, Yukimasa Miyazaki, Naoki Sato, Yasuo Nakayama, and Hisao Ishii 5.1 Introduction Displacement Current Measurement DCM for Quasi-Static States Basic Concepts of DCM Trapped Charges and Injection Voltage Intermediate State between Depletion and Accumulation DCM for Transient States Sweep Rate Dependence in DCM Curves Charge Accumulation at Organic Heterointerfaces Elements of Charge Accumulation at Organic Heterointerfaces Interface Charges and Orientation Polarization Light-Induced Space Charges in Alq 3 Film Conclusions 147 References 149 Contents jxi

10 XIIj Contents Part Two Charge Transport Effects of Gaussian Disorder on Charge-Carrier Transport and Recombination in Organic Semiconductors 157 Reinder Coehoorn and Peter A. Bobbert 6.1 Introduction Mobility Models for Hopping in a Disordered Gaussian DOS The Extended Gaussian Disorder Model The Extended Correlated Disorder Model Mobility in Host Guest Systems Modeling of the Recombination Rate Recombination in Systems with a Gaussian DOS Recombination in Host Guest Systems with a Gaussian Host DOS OLED Device Modeling Single-Layer OLEDs: Analytical Drift-Only Theory The Role of Charge-Carrier Diffusion The Role of Gaussian Disorder: One-Dimensional Device Simulations The Role of Gaussian Disorder: Three-Dimensional Device Simulations Experimental Studies Overview PF TAA-Based Polymer OLEDs Conclusions and Outlook 194 References Charge Transport Physics of High-Mobility Molecular Semiconductors 201 Henning Sirringhaus, Tomo Sakanoue, and Jui-Fen Chang 7.1 Introduction Review of Recent High-Mobility Small-Molecule and Polymer Organic Semiconductors General Discussion of Transport Physics/Transport Models of Organic Semiconductors Static Disorder Parameters s and S Transport Physics of High-Mobility Molecular Semiconductors Conclusions 234 References Ambipolar Charge-Carrier Transport in Molecular Field-Effect Transistors 239 Andreas Opitz and Wolfgang Br utting 8.1 Introduction 239

11 Contents jxiii 8.2 Ambipolar Charge-Carrier Transport in Blends of Molecular Hole- and Electron-Conducting Materials Ambipolar Charge-Carrier Transport in Molecular Semiconductors by Applying a Passivated Insulator Surface Electrode Variation for Ambipolar and Bipolar Transport Applications of Bipolar Transport for Ambipolar and Complementary Inverters Realization of Light-Emitting Transistors with Combined Al and TTF-TCNQ Electrodes Conclusion 261 References Organic Magnetoresistance and Spin Diffusion in Organic Semiconductor Thin-Film Devices 267 Markus Wohlgenannt 9.1 Introduction Organization of This Chapter Organic Magnetoresistance Dependence of Organic Magnetoresistance on Hyperfine Coupling Strength Organic Magnetoresistance in a Material with Strong Spin Orbit Coupling Organic Magnetoresistance in Doped Devices Conclusions for Organic Spintronics Theory of Spin Orbit Coupling in Singly Charged Polymer Chains Theory of Spin Diffusion in Disordered Organic Semiconductors Distinguishing between Tunneling and Injection Regimes of Ferromagnet/Organic Semiconductor/Ferromagnet Junctions Conclusion 289 References 290 Part Three Photophysics Excitons at Polymer Interfaces 297 Neil Greenham 10.1 Introduction Fabrication and Structural Characterization of Polymer Heterojunctions Electronic Structure at Polymer/Polymer Interfaces Excitons at Homointerfaces Type-I Heterojunctions Type-II Heterojunctions 314

12 XIVj Contents 10.7 CT State Recombination Charge Separation and Photovoltaic Devices based on Polymer: Polymer Blends Future Directions 327 References Electronic Processes at Organic Semiconductor Heterojunctions: The Mechanism of Exciton Dissociation in Semicrystalline Solid-State Microstructures 333 Francis Paquin, Gianluca Latini, Maciej Sakowicz, Paul-Ludovic Karsenti, Linjun Wang, David Beljonne, Natalie Stingelin, and Carlos Silva 11.1 Introduction Experimental Methods Results and Analysis Photophysics of Charge Photogeneration and Recombination Probed by Time-Resolved PL Spectroscopy Absorption and Steady-State PL Time-Resolved PL Measurements Quantum Chemical Calculations Solid-State Microstructure Dependence Polymer Microstructure Dependence of Time-Resolved PL on Molecular Weight Conclusions 345 References Recent Progress in the Understanding of Exciton Dynamics within Phosphorescent OLEDs 349 Sebastian Reineke and Marc A. Baldo 12.1 Introduction Exciton Formation Background Spin Mixing for Higher Efficiency Exciton Mixing and Phosphorescence CT State Mixing and Enhanced Fluorescence Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Summary: Comparison between Phosphorescence, Extrafluorescence, and TADF Distributing Excitons in the Organic Layer(s) Excitonic Confinement: Host Guest Systems Exciton Generation Zone Exciton Migration Triplet Harvesting High Brightness Effects in Phosphorescent Devices 362 References 367

13 13 Organometallic Emitters for OLEDs: Triplet Harvesting, Singlet Harvesting, Case Structures, and Trends 371 Hartmut Yersin, Andreas F. Rausch, and Rafa» Czerwieniec 13.1 Introduction Electroluminescence Triplet Harvesting Singlet Harvesting Triplet Emitters: Basic Understanding and Trends Energy States The Triplet State and Spin Orbit Coupling Emission Decay Time and Zero-Field Splitting: A General Trend Case Studies: Blue Light Emitting Pt(II) and Ir(III) Compounds Pt(II) Compounds Photophysical Properties at Ambient Temperature High-Resolution Spectroscopy: Triplet Substates and Vibrational Satellite Structures Ir(III) Compounds Photophysical Properties at Ambient Temperature Electronic 0 0 Transitions and Energy Level Diagrams of the Emitting Triplet States Vibrational Satellite Structures Exemplified on Ir(4,6-dFppy) 2 (acac) Effects of the Nonchromophoric Ligands Comparison of Photophysical Properties of Pt(II) and Ir(III) Compounds Case Studies: Singlet Harvesting and Blue Light Emitting Cu(I) Complexes Photophysical Properties at Ambient Temperature Triplet State Emission and Thermally Activated Fluorescence Singlet Harvesting: Cu(I) Complexes as OLED-Emitters Conclusion 417 References 420 Contents jxv Part Four Device Physics Doping of Organic Semiconductors 427 Björn L ussem, Moritz Riede, and Karl Leo 14.1 Introduction Doping Fundamentals p-type Doping Control of the Position of the Fermi Level by Doping Doping Efficiency n-type Doping n-type Doping Using Alkali Metals 438

14 XVIj Contents n-type Doping Using Molecular Compounds with Very High HOMO Levels n-type Doping Using Precursors Contacts with Doped Semiconductors Organic p n Junctions p n-homojunctions Experiments Reverse Currents in p n-junctions OLEDs with Doped Transport Layers Efficiency of OLEDs External Quantum Efficiency h q Power Efficiency or Luminous Efficacy p i n OLEDs Highly Efficient Monochrome Devices p i n Devices: White OLEDs Triplet Harvesting OLEDs Conclusion Organic Solar Cells with Doped Transport Layers Solar Cell Characteristics Organic p i n Solar Cells Brief History of Vacuum-Deposited Organic Solar Cells Advantages of Molecular Doping in OSC Optical Optimization Tandem Devices Conclusion Summary and Outlook 486 References Device Efficiency of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 497 Wolfgang Br utting and J org Frischeisen 15.1 Introduction OLED Operation OLED Architecture and Stack Layout Working Principles of OLEDs OLED Materials White OLEDs Electroluminescence Quantum Efficiency Factors Determining the EQE Luminous Efficacy Fundamentals of Light Outcoupling in OLEDs Optical Loss Channels Optical Modeling of OLEDs Simulation-Based Optimization of OLED Layer Stacks Influence of the Emitter Quantum Efficiency Comprehensive Efficiency Analysis of OLEDs 516

15 Contents jxvii 15.5 Approaches to Improved Light Outcoupling Overview of Different Techniques Reduction of Surface Plasmon Losses Basic Properties of SPPs Scattering Approaches Index Coupling Emitter Orientation Conclusion 533 References Light Outcoupling in Organic Light-Emitting Devices 541 Chih-Hung Tsai and Chung-Chih Wu 16.1 Introduction Theories and Properties of OLED Optics A Few Techniques and Device Structures to Enhance Light Outcoupling of OLEDs Second-Antinode OLED Top-Emitting OLEDs Capped with Microlens or Scattering Layers OLED with Internal Scattering OLED Utilizing Surface Plasmon Polariton-Mediated Energy Transfer Summary 571 References Photogeneration and Recombination in Polymer Solar Cells 575 Carsten Deibel, Andreas Baumann, and Vladimir Dyakonov 17.1 Introduction Photogeneration of Charge Carriers Charge Carrier Transport in Disordered Organic Semiconductors Recombination of Photogenerated Charge Carriers Open-Circuit Voltage Summary 595 References Light-Emitting Organic Crystal Field-Effect Transistors for Future Organic Injection Lasers 603 Hajime Nakanotani and Chihaya Adachi 18.1 Introduction Highly Photoluminescent Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives Ambipolar Light-Emitting Field-Effect Transistors Based on Organic Single Crystals Ambipolar Carrier Transport Characteristics of Single Crystals of OPV Derivatives 610

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