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Controlling energy level positions in hole conducting molecular films by additives

Lindblad, Rebecka LU ; Oscarsson, Johan ; Fredin, Kristofer ; Eriksson, Susanna K. ; Siegbahn, Hans ; Johansson, Erik M.J. and Rensmo, Håkan (2018) In Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 224. p.100-106
Abstract

Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) has been used to study the bulk electronic structure of thin molecular films of the organic compounds 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis (N,N’-di-p-methoxyphenyl-amine)-9,9’-spiro-bifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD), 4-(diethylamino)-benzaldehyde-1,1)-diphenyl-hydrazone (DEH) and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). Molecular layers of these compounds are hole conducting, a property that for example has been used in different solar cell configurations. The function of such a device benefits from the inclusion of additives such as Li-TFSI, or dopants such as Co-complexes, into the molecular layer. Here we report on effects of adding Li-TFSI to DEH and P3HT as observed by photoelectron spectroscopy and we compare with... (More)

Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) has been used to study the bulk electronic structure of thin molecular films of the organic compounds 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis (N,N’-di-p-methoxyphenyl-amine)-9,9’-spiro-bifluorene (spiro-OMeTAD), 4-(diethylamino)-benzaldehyde-1,1)-diphenyl-hydrazone (DEH) and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). Molecular layers of these compounds are hole conducting, a property that for example has been used in different solar cell configurations. The function of such a device benefits from the inclusion of additives such as Li-TFSI, or dopants such as Co-complexes, into the molecular layer. Here we report on effects of adding Li-TFSI to DEH and P3HT as observed by photoelectron spectroscopy and we compare with results on the spiro-OMeTAD hole conductor. It can be concluded that the Li-salt causes a shift of the Fermi level in DEH and P3HT towards the HOMO resulting in a p-doping of the molecular material. Similar shifts of the Fermi level could also be observed when adding different Co(+III) complexes to the Spiro-OMeTAD hole conductor, indicating means for more controlled doping.

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HAXPES, Mesoscopic solar cells, P3HT, Spiro-OMeTAD
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Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
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224
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7 pages
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10.1016/j.elspec.2017.03.009
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  author       = {{Lindblad, Rebecka and Oscarsson, Johan and Fredin, Kristofer and Eriksson, Susanna K. and Siegbahn, Hans and Johansson, Erik M.J. and Rensmo, Håkan}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{100--106}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena}},
  title        = {{Controlling energy level positions in hole conducting molecular films by additives}},
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