Efficient charge transport in assemblies of surfactant-stabilized semiconducting nanoparticles.

Bag, Monojit; Gehan, Timothy S; Algaier, Dana D; Liu, Feng; Nagarjuna, Gavvalapalli; Lahti, Paul M; Russell, Thomas P; Venkataraman, Dhandapani · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Charge transport through a semiconducting nanoparticle assembly is demonstrated. The hole mobility of low and high molecular weight and regioreglular poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) nanoparticles is on the order of 2 × 10(-4) to 5 × 10(-4) cm(2) V(-1) s(-1) , which is comparable to drop-cast thin films of pristine P3HT. Various methods are employed to understand the nature and importance of the nanoparticle packing.