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Single-step multiphonon emission model of spin-dependent exciton formation in organic semiconductors
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Single-step multiphonon emission model of spin-dependent exciton formation in organic semiconductors

M Wohlgenannt and O Mermer
Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, Vol.71(16), 165111
04/01/2005
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.165111
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0410458View
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Abstract

The maximum efficiency in organic light-emitting diodes depends on the ratio, r = k S ∕ k T , where k S ( k T ) is the singlet (triplet) exciton formation rate. Several recent experiments found that r increases with increasing oligomer length starting from a value r ≈ 1 in monomers and short oligomers. Here, we model exciton formation as a single recombination step accompanied by multiphonon emission. Our model is based on two assertions. (i) More phonons are emitted in triplet formation than in singlet formation. (ii) The Huang-Rhys parameter for this phonon emission is smaller in long oligomers than in short ones. We justify these assertions based on recent experimental and theoretical data.
Applied Sciences Electronics Exact sciences and technology Optoelectronic devices Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices

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