Issue 13, 2015

Stimulated emission within the exciplex band by plasmonic-nanostructured polymeric heterojunctions

Abstract

Organic heterojunctions have been extensively employed in the design of light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic devices, and thin-film field-effect transistors, which can be achieved by constructing a bilayer or a multi-layered thin-film deposition, or by blending two or more organic semiconductors with different charge-transport performances. Charge transfer excited states or exciplex may form on the heterointerfaces. Efficient light-emitting diodes have been demonstrated using exciplex emission. However, lasing or stimulated emission processes have not been observed with exciplex formation at organic heterojunctions. In this work, we demonstrate strong coherent interaction between photons and exciplex formation in the blends of poly-9,9′-dioctylfluorene-co-bis-N,N′-(4-butylphenyl)-bis-N,N′-phenyl-l,4-phenylenediamine (PFB) and poly-9,9′-dioctylfluorene-co-benzothiadiazole (F8BT), leading to transient stimulated exciplex emission. The responsible mechanisms involve plasmonic local-field enhancement and plasmonic feedback in a three-dimensional gold-nanoparticle matrix.

Graphical abstract: Stimulated emission within the exciplex band by plasmonic-nanostructured polymeric heterojunctions

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Jan 2015
Accepted
22 Feb 2015
First published
27 Feb 2015

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 5624-5632

Stimulated emission within the exciplex band by plasmonic-nanostructured polymeric heterojunctions

X. Zhang, H. Li, Y. Wang and F. Liu, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 5624 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR00140D

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