Issue Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. Volume 48, Number 1, October 2009 Article Number 10401 Number of page(s) 6 Section Physics of Organic Materials and Devices DOI 10.1051/epjap/2009112 Published online 26 June 2009

Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 48, 10401 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2009112

Photoinduced reversible switching of charge carrier mobility in conjugated polymers

M. Weiter¹, J. Navrátil¹, M. Vala¹ and P. Toman<sup>1, 2

1</sup>  Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
²  Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, AS CR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

xcnavratil@fch.vutbr.cz

Received: 29 August 2008 / Received in final form: 3 April 2009 / Accepted: 21 April 2009 / Published online: 26 June 2009

Abstract
Photoinduced reversible switching of charge carrier mobility in conjugated polymers was studied by theoretical and experimental methods. The quantum chemical calculations showed that the presence of dipolar species in the vicinity of a polymer chain modifies the on-chain site energies and consequently increases the width of the distribution of hopping transport states. The influence of photoswitchable charge carrier traps on charge transport was evaluated by current-voltage measurement and by impedance spectroscopy method. It was found that deep traps switchable by photochromic reaction may significantly control the transport of charge carriers, which is exemplified as a significant decrease of the current and increase of parallel resistance measured by impedance spectroscopy.

PACS
73.61.-r - Electrical properties of specific thin films.
82.35.-x - Polymers: properties; reactions; polymerization.

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