Photoluminescence in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Ifor D. W. Samuel; Laura Magnani; Garry Rumbles; Ken Murray; Bradley M. Stone; Stephen C. Moratti; Andrew B. Holmes

doi:10.1117/12.279277

1 December 1997 Photoluminescence in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Ifor D. W. Samuel, Laura Magnani, Garry Rumbles, Ken Murray, Bradley M. Stone, Stephen C. Moratti, Andrew B. Holmes

Proceedings Volume 3145, Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279277
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report a study of the photophysics of solutions and films of the conjugated polymer poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT). We have performed measurements of absorption, photoluminescence (PL), PL quantum yield, and time-resolved PL. For P3HT in a good solvent the PL decays with a time constant of 510 +/- 20 ps, and the PL quantum yield is 0.42 +/- 0.04, we assign the PL to the intra-chain singlet exciton, and deduce a natural radiative lifetime for this species of 1.2 +/- 0.1 ns. We explore the use of solvent mixture as a way of controlling the degree of intermolecular interaction. We find that there is a red-shift of absorption and PL in poor solvent mixtures, and the spectra and PL quantum yield become similar to the film. The PL decay becomes faster and non-exponential in poor solvent mixtures and the thin film.

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Ifor D. W. Samuel, Laura Magnani, Garry Rumbles, Ken Murray, Bradley M. Stone, Stephen C. Moratti, and Andrew B. Holmes "Photoluminescence in poly(3-hexylthiophene)", Proc. SPIE 3145, Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers, (1 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.279277

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