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Resolving Ultrafast Exciton Migration in Organic Solids at the Nanoscale

Resolving Ultrafast Exciton Migration in Organic Solids at the Nanoscale

Samuel B Penwell, Lucas D S Ginsberg, Rodrigo Noriega, Naomi S Ginsberg

Nat Mater. 2017 Nov;16(11):1136-1141.

PMID: 28920937

Abstract:

Effectiveness of molecular-based light harvesting relies on transport of excitons to charge-transfer sites. Measuring exciton migration, however, has been challenging because of the mismatch between nanoscale migration lengths and the diffraction limit. Instead of using bulk substrate quenching methods, here we define quenching boundaries all-optically with sub-diffraction resolution, thus characterizing spatiotemporal exciton migration on its native nanometre and picosecond scales. By transforming stimulated emission depletion microscopy into a time-resolved ultrafast approach, we measure a 16-nm migration length in poly(2,5-di(hexyloxy)cyanoterephthalylidene) conjugated polymer films. Combined with Monte Carlo exciton hopping simulations, we show that migration in these films is essentially diffusive because intrinsic chromophore energetic disorder is comparable to chromophore inhomogeneous broadening. Our approach will enable previously unattainable correlation of local material structure to exciton migration character, applicable not only to photovoltaic or display-destined organic semiconductors but also to explaining the quintessential exciton migration exhibited in photosynthesis.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP151897697	Poly(2,5-di(hexyloxy)cyanoterephthalylidene)		151897-69-7	Price

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