Abstract
We propose a mechanism for generating pure spin current in heterojunction organic solar cells, with the donor and acceptor both being degenerate ground-state polymers; thus, solitons can be formed. This mechanism contains the following steps: (i) the donor is photoexcited to create the electron-hole (e-h) pairs; (ii) the excited electrons are transferred to the acceptor; (iii) the net charges in the donor and acceptor are evolved into the localized charged solitons; (iv) the intermolecule bias is applied to drive the transferred electrons back to donor, and concomitantly, charged solitons are converted to neutral solitons. Here, the on-site Coulomb interaction plays an important role in ensuring the neutral solitons' spins in the donor and acceptor are oppositely polarized. Because spins are separated between the donor and acceptor without any charge separations, pure spin current can be formed. Our mechanism opens a new avenue for exploring potential organic spintronic devices.
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