The white photo lumi
nesce
nce after UV degradatio
n i
n lo
ng wavele
ngth ra
nge 400&
ndash;600
nm was exami
ned o
n the prototypical polysila
ne, poly[methyl(phe
nyl)sila
ne], usi
ng both photolumi
nesce
nce spectroscopy a
nd a
new method of E
nergy Resolved - Electrochemical Impeda
nce Spectroscopy (ER-EIS). Two groups of defect states, situated at approximately 440
nm (Δ
E1 = 2.8 eV with respect to electro
n tra
nsport e
nergy) a
nd 520
nm (Δ
E2 = 2.4 eV with respect to electro
n tra
nsport e
nergy) were fou
nd by both spectroscopic methods. The white radiative recombi
natio
n is ascribed to the recombi
natio
n from trappi
ng sites followi
ng the extreme e
nergy migratio
n. The formi
ng of the crossli
nki
ng a
nd bridgi
ng defects after photochemical scissio
n of Si
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3Si &mi
nus;380
nm, silyle
ne Si
2H
4 &mi
nus; 480
nm, sile
ne a
nd silylsilyle
ne &mi
nus;550
nm emissio
ns). O
n the grou
nds of the IR absorptio
n spectroscopy results we suppose the prese
nce of the bo
ndi
ng by methyle
ne bridgi
ng a
nd carbosila
ne u
nit Si
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nd scissio
n. The ER-EIS method tur
ned out to be extremely suitable for elucidatio
n of the electro
nic structure a
nd its cha
nges i
n orga
nic semico
nductors due to its great resolvi
ng power a
nd wide ra
nge both i
n the e
nergy a
nd the de
nsity of electro
nic states.