Charge transport in tri-p-tolylamine doped trinaphthalylbenzene glass

The charge transport properties of tri-p-tolylamine (TTA) doped trinaphthalylbenzene have been measured as a function of electric field and temperature. The charge mobilities of the composite are comparable to but somewhat lower than that of TTA doped polystyrene, a nonpolar polymeric host, at similar weight fractions. We suggest that the difference is due to inhomogeneity between the host and the dopant. The results suggest that, similar to polymer hosts in molecularly doped polymers, the molecular host only functions as an inert diluter and does not directly participate in the charge transport manifold. The results also substantiate the importance of molecular packing to charge hopping in disordered organic materials. The charge mobility data are analyzed with a disorder model due to Bässler and coworkers and a recently modified expression due to Novikov and coworkers [Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4472 (1998)]. Both models provide adequate descriptions of charge transport in organic amorphous materials.