Efficient and stable ambipolar charge transport in the bulk of crystalline/crystalline P3HT/HDPE systems, as evidenced by time‐of‐flight (TOF) photoconductivity measurements, is found. Interestingly, certain blend compositions displayed significantly enhanced bulk charge‐transport properties compared to neat P3HT, with μTOF measured for 80:20 wt% P3HT:PE blends being up to one order of magnitude higher than those found in neat P3HT.
The in situ determination of the size distribution of dispersed non-spherical nanoparticles is an essential characterization tool for the investigation and use of colloidal suspensions. In this work, we test a size characterization method based on the measurement of the transient behaviour of the birefringence induced in the dispersions by pulsed electric fields. The specific shape of such relaxations depends on the distribution of the rotational diffusion coefficient of the suspended particles. We analyse the measured transient birefringence with three approaches: the stretched-exponential, Watson-Jennings, and multi-exponential methods. These are applied to six different types of rod-like and planar particles: PTFE rods, goethite needles, single- and double-walled carbon nanotubes, sodium montmorillonite particles and gibbsite platelets. The results are compared to electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering measurements. The methods here considered provide good or excellent results in all cases, proving that the analysis of the transient birefringence is a powerful tool to obtain complete size distributions of non-spherical particles in suspension.
Molecular engineering of discotic liquid crystals is discussed with relation to charge carrier mobility and generation efficiency. Steady State DC and Pulsed TOF measurements are reported as viable complementary methods in the determination of charge generation efficiencies. Data for the quantum efficiencies of charge carrier generation in 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexa(hexyloxy)triphenylene and its 1:1 mixture with 2,3,6,7,10,11-hexakis(nonylphenyl)triphenylene (a complementary polytopic interaction (CPI) stabilized compound) are presented. The wavelength, field and temperature dependence of the quantum efficiency of charge carrier generation are discussed in respect of the Onsager theory of geminate recombination.
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