Magnetoelectrical measurements were performed on a diode structure, based on an anthracene-containing poly(arylene-ethynylylene)-alt-poly(arylene-vinylene) denoted AnE-PVstat, to clarify the role of the recombination and dissociation of electron-hole (e-h) pairs in the magnetoconductance (MC). We report the observed MC under a weak magnetic field (<1 T) at room and low temperatures. Positive MC is observed and reaches up to 2% at a magnetic field of 450 mT at room temperature. It is found that with the increase of the voltage, the MC effect decreases. We also report the difference in MC between perpendicular (θ = 90°) and parallel (θ = 0°) alignment of magnetic field with respect to the current direction. The experimental data were analyzed in the context of the e-h pair model, based on the Stochastic Liouville Equation. To interpret the experimental results on magnetoconductance measurements, anisotropic hyperfine interaction has been introduced through an anisotropic hyperfine field. The dissociation rates qS and qT of the singlet and triplet e-h pairs were determined from the best fit with experimental curves and are about 105 s−1, while the recombination rates of the singlet and triplet e-h pairs are kS ∼ 109 s−1 and kT ∼ 105 s−1, respectively. At low temperatures (T < 60 K), an unexpected “sign-reversal phenomenon” of the magnetoconductance is observed.
We report on the enhancement in the efficiency of inverted polymer solar cells because of increased open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current by using an electron collecting an interfacial layer of an aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO). The efficiency of polymer solar cells comprising a bulk heterojunction photoactive film of an anthracene containing poly(p-aryleneethynylene)-alt-poly(p-arylenevinylene)/1-(3methoxycarbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl [6,6] and phenyl-C 60 -butyric acid methyl ester has increased from 3.6% to 4.6% from the standard to the inverted architecture with Al concentrations of 0.6%, respectively. After this concentration, the efficiency starts to decrease. The reasons for these results are discussed based on the AC electrical process and magnetoconductance (MC) measurements under open-circuit conditions at room temperature. The frequency ( f) dependence of the real part (Z′) and the imaginary part (Z′′) of the complex impedance with various Al concentrations at open-circuit conditions at room temperature show three f regimes: low, mid, and high f. The Cole−Cole plots (Z′′ vs Z′) demonstrate an increase in the semicircle radius from the standard to the inverted architectures for Al concentrations of 0.2% and 0.6%, respectively. After this concentration (0.6%), the semicircle radius starts to decrease. Afterward, the present proposed impedance model shows some important physical parameters such as electron diffusion time (τ diff ), the recombination time (τ rec ), the diffusion constant (D n ), the diffusion length (L n ), and the electron mobility (μ n ). From the dielectric measurements, all devices have a unique relaxation process, which is the property of the Debye relaxation mechanism. Moreover, the dielectric constant (ε′) showed a strong dependence on f and the type of architecture. In addition, the dielectric loss (ε″) decreased significantly with f, and as a result, it has sparked a lot of interest in these materials' possible uses in electrical energy storage. The dielectric loss tangent (tan(δ))) peaks shifted a little bit toward higher f from the standard to the inverted structures, indicating reduction of relaxation time. Furthermore, we found an MC memory effect in the inverted cells. Then the mechanism responsible for the MC was determined with the current density versus the applied voltage in the log−log scale for the different elaborated cells at V OC . The results suggested that the applied voltage (V OC ) corresponds to the trapped charge limited current (TCLC) regime, with traps acting as recombination centers for electron−hole (e−h) pairs, preventing the formation of double carriers MC. For this reason, the MC in the device may be described using a stochastic Liouville equation in the context of the e−h pair model.
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