• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.1349-1352
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• 2008

We report a novel patterning method for a homo-polymeric poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) nanofilm particularly capable of strong adhesion to a $SiO_2$ surface. An oxidized silicon wafer substrate was micro-contact printed with n-octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) monolayer, and subsequently its negative pattern was selfassembled with three different amino-functionalized alkylsilanes, (3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane (APS), N- (2-aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxy silane (EDAS), and (3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) diethylenetriamine (DETAS). Then, P3HT nanofilms were selectively grown on the aminosilane pre-patterned areas via the vapor phase polymerization method. To evaluate the adhesion, patterning, and the film itself, the PEDOT nanofilms and SAMs were investigated with a $Scotch^{(R)}$ tape test, contact angle analyzer, ATR-FT-IR, and optical and atomic force microscopes. The evaluation showed that the newly developed all bottom-up process can offer a simple and inexpensive patterning method for P3HT nanofilms robustly adhered to an oxidized Si wafer surface by the mediation of $FeCl_3$ and amino-functionalized alkylsilane SAMs.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.188-192
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 용해도가 낮은 용매에 dipping하는 방법을 이용하여 고분자 반도체 박막의 분자규칙도를 쉽게 향상시켰다. Poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT)의 구조적, 광학적, 전기적 특성은 dipping 용매의 용해도와 dipping 시간에 따라 크게 영향을 받았다. 특히 methylene chloride 용매에 P3HT 박막을 dipping한 뒤 dipping 시간을 조절하여 고분자 박막의 분자규칙도를 효과적으로 증가시켰다. 분자규칙도와 전기적 특성의 관계를 고려하여 적절한 용매선택과 dipping 시간을 최적화할 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.162-165
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• 2000

To investigate the effect of metal electrode in electroluminescent[EL] devices, we fabricated EL devices of ITO/P3HT/Al, ITO/P3HT/LiF/Al and ITO/P3HT/Mg:In structure. In current-voltage-light power characteristics, turn-on voltage of EL devices using LiF insulating layer and Mg:In(2.8V) metal electrode is lower than EL device using Al(4.2V). Besides the external quantum efficiency is improved also. The reason is related to carrier mobility and carrier injection, which would affect the hole-electron balance. In the device with Al electrode, holes injected from indium-tin-oxide[ITO] to poly(3-hexylthiophene)[P3HT] might reach the Al electrode without interacting with injected electrons, because the electron injection efficiency was very low for this electrode. Besides oxidation of the Al electrode is likely due to holes reaching the cathode without meeting injected electrons. Another possible reason for the higher EL efficiency may be the insulating layer playing the role of a tunneling barrier for holes to the Al electrode. In all EL devices, the orange-red light was clearly visible in a dark room. Maximum peak wavelength of EL spectrum emitted at 640nm in accordance with photon energy 1.9eV

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.3 No.2
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• pp.972-975
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• 2002

Electroluminescence(EL) devices based on organic thin layers have attracted lot of interests because of their application as display. One of the problems is red material. It offered a short life and poor emission efficiency to boot. In this study, this problem can be solved by using a multi-layer device structure. Organic electroluminescent devices which are composed of organic thin multi-layer films are fabricated. The basic structure is ITO / Emitting layer / LiP / Al EL device in which Hole transport/Electron blocking PVK layer was blending. We demonstrate the enhancement of eletroluminescence (EL) from blends of poly(3-hexylthiophene) in poly(N-vinylcarvazole). The emitting layer is consisted of a host material(PVK) and a guest emitting material(P3HT). It was showed higher EL intensity and their electro-optical properties were investigated.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부 C
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• pp.962-964
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• 1999

We studied emitting properties of devices fabricated using the spin-coating and Langmuir-Blodgett[LB] technique. The LB technique has the advantage of precise control of the thickness better than spin-coating method. Poly(3-hexylthiophene)[P3HT] LB films used as the emitting layer in light-emitting devices. LB monolayers were deposited 27 layers onto the indium-tin-oxide[ITO] as Y-type films by the vertical dipping method. The thickness is about 80nm. Absorption spectrum of LB films presented that P3HT is regiorandom conformation. Also, current-voltage-luminance characteristics and electroluminescence spectra of light-emitting devices fabricated by LB method is studied. In current-voltage-luminescence characteristics, turn-on voltage of P3HT LB film LEDs is higher than that of spin-coating LEDs. But electroluminescence spectrum is similar to the spin-coating LEDs. The orange-red light was clearly visible in a darkened room.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제14권9호
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• pp.757-761
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• 2001

We studied emitting properties of organic electroluminescent devices fabricated using the spin-coating and Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) technique. The LB technique has the advantage of precise control of the thickness better than spin-coating method. LB monolayer of poly(3-hexylthiophene)(P3HT) was deposited 27 layers onto the indium-tin-oxide(ITO) substrate as Y-type films by the vertical dipping method. In the absorption spectra, the λ$\_$max/ of P3HT-AA LB films and of spin-coating films showed about at 510, 545 and 590 nm corresponding to 2.43, 2.28, 2.10eV. And we observed that the turn-on voltage of devices deposited by LB method(10V) was higher than that of spin-coating method(8.5V) in voltage-current-luminance characteristic. In the logV-logJ characteristics of ITO/P3HT-AA LB/Al device, we confirmed that El device fabricated by LB method follows three conduction mechanisms: ohmic, space-charge-limited current(SCLC) conduction and trapped-carrier-limited space-charge current(TCLC) conduction.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.606-609
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• 1999

We fabricated white light-emitting diode which have a mixed single emitting layer containing poly(N-vinylcarbazole), trois(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum and poly(3-hexylthiophene) and investigated the emission properties of it. It is possible to obtain a blue light from poly(N-vinylcarbazole). green light from tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum and red light from poly(3-hexylthiophene). The fabricated device emits white light with slight orange light. We think that the energy transfer in a mixed layer occurred from PVK to Alq₃ and P3HT resulted in decreasing the blue light intensity from PVK. We find that the efficiency of the white light electroluminescent device can be improved by injecting electron more effectively and blue light need to improve the color purity of white light.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.95-100
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 유기 태양전지용 작은 밴드 갭 물질(p-형 반도체)의 개발 과정에서, 2,5-dioctyloxyphenylene(OP), 3-hexylthiophene(HT) 및 2,3-dimethylthieno[3,4-b]pyrazine(TP)을 반복단위로 갖는 올리고머(oligo(OP-HT-TP))를 합성하였다. Oligo(OP-HT-TP)는 측정 온도 범위에서 무정형 상태로 존재하였으며, 범용 유기용매에 잘 용해되었다. 필름상태에서 최대 흡수 파장은 716 nm이었으며, 밴드 갭은 대략 1.20 eV로 측정되었다. Oligo(OP-HT-TP)의 HOMO와 LUMO의 에너지 준위는 각각 -5.27 eV와 -4.04 eV로 측정되었다. 그러나, 이 올리고머의 최대 흡수 파장에서 흡광도는 유기태양전지의 제작에 있어서 현재까지 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 poly(3-hexylthiophene) 흡광도의 1/5보다도 더 작은 것으로 측정되었다.

• Composites Research
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.349-354
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• 2023

Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)는 유기 용매에서 높은 용해도를 가지고 있으면서 상대적으로 쉽게 구할 수 있는 공액 고분자 중 하나이다. 그러나, 전자소자의 활성 소재로써 전기적 특성은 실제로 응용하기에는 부족하므로 추가 개선이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는, 서로 다른 위치 규칙성 (regio-regularity)을 가지는 두 P3HT 고분자 (즉, regioregular (RR) P3HT 및 regio-random (RRa) P3HT)를 혼합하여 혼합 박막의 전하 전달 특성을 크게 향상시킬 수 있음을 보여준다. 두 P3HT 고분자 간 비율을 변화시킴으로써 혼합 박막의 구조적 및 전기적 특성을 체계적으로 조사하였으며, 원자 힘 현미경(AFM), X선 회절(XRD) 및 UV-vis 흡수분광법을 사용하여 혼합 필름의 구조 및 광전자적 특성을 평가하였다. 혼합 박막의 결정성은 RRa-P3HT 함량이 20 wt%로 증가함에 따라 증가하였으며, 이후 80%까지 증가함에 따라 감소하였다. 전하 이동도의 경향성 또한 이와 같았으며, 20 wt%의 RRa-P3HT를 포함하는 혼합 박막의 전하 이동도는 가장 높은 0.029 cm²/V·s로 측정되었고 함량이 80 wt%까지증가함에따라 0.0007 cm²/V·s 로감소하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.2277-2280
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• 2014

The contact properties between gold and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) films having either of two distinct molecular orientations and orderings were investigated. Thermal treatment increased the molecular ordering of P3HT and remarkably reduced the contact resistance at the electrode/semiconductor interface, which enhanced the electrical performance. This phenomenon was understood in terms of a small degree of metal penetration into the P3HT film as a result of the thermal treatment, which formed a sharp interface at the contact interface between the gold electrode and the organic semiconductor.