Charge injection and transport in fluorene-based copolymers.

Fluorene-based copolymer is considered to be one of the most promising hole transporting and blue light-emitting conjugated polymers used in polymeric light-emitting diodes (PLEDs). Time-of-flight (TOF) technique has been employed to evaluate the charge drift mobility under a temperature range between 200 - 400 K at the thick film regime (1-10 micron). Meanwhile, contact ohmicity is studied by Dark Current Space Charge Limited Conduction (DISCLC) technique. Charge injection efficiencies from different electrical contacts are also studied and the corresponding injection barriers are independently investigated by photoemission and electroabsorption spectroscopies. Results show that the copolymers exhibit non-dispersive charge transport behavior and possess superior mobilities of up to 0.01cm$^{2}$V$^{-1}$s$^{-1}$ while single-carrier devices from various electrical contacts such as PEDOT:PSS are varied, depending on the chemical structure of amine component in the fluorene-triarylamine copolymers. Results will shed light on the enhancement of device efficiency and stability in the future polymer electronic devices.