Measurement of the diffusivity of fullerenes in polymers using bilayer organic field effect transistors

John G. Labram; James Kirkpatrick; Donal D.C. Bradley; Thomas D. Anthopoulos

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075344

Measurement of the diffusivity of fullerenes in polymers using bilayer organic field effect transistors

John G. Labram^*, James Kirkpatrick, Donal D.C. Bradley, Thomas D. Anthopoulos

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Bilayer poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester (PC₆₁BM) [P3HT:PC₆₁BM] organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) have been fabricated using a bottom-contact, bottom-gate (BCBG) architecture. By annealing these devices and monitoring the magnitude of the electron field-effect mobility, information about the diffusion properties of PC₆₁BM in P3HT can be obtained. Using a solution to the one-dimensional diffusion equation and an application of percolation theory, a relationship between electron field-effect mobility, diffusion coefficient, and annealing time has been obtained. By applying this model to time-dependent mobility measurements, a rough approximation of 5 nm2s^-1 has been made for the diffusion coefficient of PC₆₁BM in P3HT at a temperature of 130°C.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	075344
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	84
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075344
State	Published - Aug 18 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Measurement of the diffusivity of fullerenes in polymers using bilayer organic field effect transistors

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