Exciton dissociation in the presence of phonons : a reduced hierarchy equations of motion approach

Combining the reduced hierarchy equations of motion (HEOM) approach with the Wigner-function formalism, we investigate nonperturbatively exciton dissociation under the influence of a phonon bath in an organic heterojunction. The exciton is modeled by an electron-hole pair with the electron moving in...

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Main Authors: Yao, Yao, Yang, Wenchao, Zhao, Yang
Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80055
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19064
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Combining the reduced hierarchy equations of motion (HEOM) approach with the Wigner-function formalism, we investigate nonperturbatively exciton dissociation under the influence of a phonon bath in an organic heterojunction. The exciton is modeled by an electron-hole pair with the electron moving in the presence of both an external electric field and the Coulomb attraction potential from the hole. In the absence of a phonon bath, calculated HEOM results reproduce those from the Onsager-Braun theory in weak electric fields. In the presence of a phonon bath, substantial deviations from the Onsager-Braun theory are found, signaling phonon-induced quantum effects. Furthermore, time evolution of the spatial current distribution is examined, and an initial spike followed by a polarity change of the transient photocurrent have been recovered.