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Electrode Injection into Conjugated Polymers

M. N. Bussac*, D. Michoud, and L. Zuppiroli

  • Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Semicristallins, Département de Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

  • *Permanent address: Centre de Physique Théorique, Ecole Polytechnique, F-91198 Palaiseau Cedex France

Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1678 – Published 24 August, 1998

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1678

Abstract

When conjugated sites of an electroactive polymer are placed a few angstroms from a metal electrode, carriers flow from the metal to these sites and remain trapped in the negative part of the generalized image force potential. We determine the consequences of this event and calculate explicitly the charge transfer rate from the electrode to the polymer molecules as a function of temperature and electric field.

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