Two-dimensional diffusion of excitons in a perylene diimide monolayer quenched by a fullerene heterojunction
Description
The structural and functional properties of organic heterojunctions play a vitally important role in the operation of organic devices, but their properties are difficult to measure directly due to the buried interfaces which are typically formed. We have grown model heterojunctions consisting of two monolayer-thick organic semiconductors, and to use these bilayers to explore the two-dimensional dynamics of excitons. The heterostructures are formed by sequential deposition of monolayers of perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic-3,4,9,10-diimide (PTCDI) and fullerene (C60) on hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). The morphology of these bilayers was characterized using atomic force microscopy and showed clear differences in the C60 growth kinetics on hBN and PTCDI. The variation in the fluorescence of PTCDI-C60 heterostructures with increasing fullerene coverage showed a reduction in intensity consistent with exciton diffusion and quenching. We use a simple model for the intensity dependence to determine the two-dimensional exciton diffusion length in a PTCDI monolayer finding a value of 17 ± 3 nm for this parameter.
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Subjects
- Heterojunctions
- Heterostructures
- Heterojunction, Heterostructure, Organic Heteroepitaxy, Exciton Quenching, 2D Materials, Self-Assembly
- Physical sciences::Physics
- Q Science::QD Chemistry::QD450 Physical and theoretical chemistry
- T Technology::TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions
- University of Nottingham, UK Campus::Faculty of Science::School of Physics and Astronomy
Research institutes and centres
- University of Nottingham, UK Campus
Deposit date
2019-05-09Data type
Raw data files: AFM images (.ibw), photoluminescence spectra (.ls6 and .txt), optical microscopy images (.jpg)Contributors
- Korolkov, Vladimir V.
- Svatek, Simon A.
- Alkhamisi, Manal
- Parkinson, Patrick W.
- Beton, Peter
- Taniguchi, Takashi
- Watanabe, Kenji
Funders
- Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
- Leverhulme Trust
Grant number
- EP/N033906/1
- EP/P019080/1
- RPG-2016-104
Data collection method
Atomic force microscopy, optical microscopy, fluorescence microscopyResource languages
- en