Direct Observation of Confinement Effects of Semiconducting Polymers in Polymer Blend Electronic Systems.

ABSTRACT: The advent of special types of polymeric semiconductors, known as "polymer blends," presents new opportunities for the development of next-generation electronics based on these semiconductors' versatile functionalities in device applications. Although these polymer blends contain semiconducting polymers (SPs) mixed with a considerably high content of insulating polymers, few of these blends unexpectedly yield much higher charge carrier mobilities than those of pure SPs. However, the origin of such an enhancement has remained unclear owing to a lack of cases exhibiting definite improvements in charge carrier mobility, and the limited knowledge concerning the underlying mechanism thereof. In this study, the morphological changes and internal nanostructures of polymer blends based on various

SUBMITTER: Park B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8292904 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature