Influence of electric field on interwell tunneling rate in quasi two dimensional organic quantum wells

The tunneling rate of photocreated charge carriers between layers in Langmuir–Blodgett multilayer structures is measured indirectly using the novel technique of bimolecular recombination quenching. The tunneling rate is demonstrated to be dependent upon the applied electrostatic potential difference between the layers. This dependence is explored in light of the Marcus theory of charge transfer. That theory was developed to describe redox reactions where the driving force is supplied by a chemical potential difference between two chemically different parts of a more complex system. In the current work the electrostatic potential replaces the chemical potential as the driving potential. The field dependence of the exciton dissociation probability is also determined.

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