Controlling charge injection in organic field-effect transistors using self-assembled monolayers

B H Hamadani; D A Corley; J W Ciszek; J M Tour; D Natelson

doi:10.1021/nl060731i

Controlling charge injection in organic field-effect transistors using self-assembled monolayers

Nano Lett. 2006 Jun;6(6):1303-6. doi: 10.1021/nl060731i.

Authors

B H Hamadani¹, D A Corley, J W Ciszek, J M Tour, D Natelson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy and Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA.

PMID: 16771599
DOI: 10.1021/nl060731i

Abstract

We have studied charge injection across the metal/organic semiconductor interface in bottom-contact poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) field-effect transistors, with Au source and drain electrodes modified by self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) prior to active polymer deposition. By using the SAM to engineer the effective Au work function, we markedly affect the charge injection process. We systematically examine the contact resistivity and intrinsic channel mobility and show that chemically increasing the injecting electrode work function significantly improves hole injection relative to untreated Au electrodes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Crystallization / methods*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Gold / chemistry*
Microelectrodes*
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Static Electricity
Surface Properties

Substances

Gold