Formation of a plateau on time-of-flight curves of molecularly doped polymers

Abstract

A program for numerical computation of the curves of the transient current in samples of molecularly doped polymers has been developed with allowance for the presence of a defective surface layer in them. Time-of-flight curves are calculated with the multiple-trapping model with a Gaussian energy distribution of traps. The model parameters are determined from the results of independent measurements. Numerical computations are in qualitative agreement with experimental data for a typical molecularly doped polymer. The features of the formation of a flat plateau in samples of different thickness are discussed in terms of the proposed model.