Charge carrier transport in poly(n-vinylcarbazole):CdS quantum dot hybrid nanocomposite
IR@CGCRI: CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata
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Charge carrier transport in poly(n-vinylcarbazole):CdS quantum dot hybrid nanocomposite
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Roy Choudhury, K
Marek Samoc, M Patra, Amitava Prasad, P N |
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Refractories
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Hybrid organic:inorganic materials have emerged as a novel class of electronic and optoelectronic media for a number of potential technological applications. However, very little fundamental understanding of charge carrier transport in such hybrid materials exists. A knowledge of the influence of nanoparticle doping on charge carrier mobility in nano composites becomes important in order to optimize properties for photorefractive and photovoltaic operations. We report here a study of the mobility of holes in a model nanoparticle-sensitized hybrid organic:inorganic system consisting of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) doped with quantum dots of cadmium sulfide. The mobility of holes (dominant carriers in the PVK host materials) was measured using the conventional time-of-flight technique with injection of holes from a selenium layer. Though photocurrent transients exhibit features typical of dispersive transport in an amorphous semiconductor, certain deviations from the original Scher-Montroll theory are observed. Strong dependence of the carrier mobility on field and temperature indicate Poole-Frenkel-like activated hopping transport. A thickness dependence stronger than
that suggested by the Scher-Montroll theory is found. Significant enhancement of the effective carrier mobility
is noticed with the increase of nanoparticle concentration, still well below the percolation limit. A simple
theoretical model based on time- and mean-free-path dependent mobility is proposed to account for this
surprising result, which provides a good fit to the experimental data obtained.
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2004
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Article
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application/pdf
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http://cgcri.csircentral.net/573/1/J_Phys_Chem_B_108_(2004)_1556%2D1562.pdf
Roy Choudhury, K and Marek Samoc, M and Patra, Amitava and Prasad, P N (2004) Charge carrier transport in poly(n-vinylcarbazole):CdS quantum dot hybrid nanocomposite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108 (5). pp. 1556-1562. ISSN 1520-6106 |
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http://cgcri.csircentral.net/573/
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