Transport of Photogenerated Charge Carriers in Polymer Semiconductors

The electrical transport of photogenerated charge carriers in disordered polymer semiconductors is reviewed. We emphasize that the mobility parameter in these disordered semiconducting systems is not a well-defined quantity. We highlight the utility of scanning probe photocurrent technique on variety of polymers in an asymmetric-electrode patterned configuration. The multiple length and time scales present in carrier transport processes are indicated by the large observed decay length scales in these systems