Concerning the role of dipolar disorder on charge transport in molecularly doped polymers.

The field and temperature dependencies of the hole mobility of 1,1-bis(di-4-tolylaminophenyl)cyclohexane (TAPC) doped polystyrene have been measured and compared to results obtained for the TAPC doped polycarbonate and pure TAPC. The results are described by the disorder formalism, due to Bässler and co-workers. The mobility of TAPC doped polystyrene is approximately 100-fold greater than that observed for TAPC doped polycarbonate. This effect is interpreted in terms of (1) the elimination of random dipolar fields due to static dipole moments of the polycarbonate that affect the energetic disorder, and (2) improved electronic intermolecular coupling with a concomitant reduction of positional disorder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]