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Dimensionality of charge transport in organic field-effect transistors
Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7104-7127
Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2012 (English)In: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, ISSN 1098-0121, E-ISSN 1550-235X, Vol. 85, no 23, article id 235302Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Application of a gate bias to an organic field-effect transistor leads to accumulation of charges in the organic semiconductor within a thin region near the gate dielectric. An important question is whether the charge transport in this region can be considered two-dimensional, or whether the possibility of charge motion in the third dimension, perpendicular to the accumulation layer, plays a crucial role. In order to answer this question we have performed Monte Carlo simulations of charge transport in organic field-effect transistor structures with varying thickness of the organic layer, taking into account all effects of energetic disorder and Coulomb interactions. We show that with increasing thickness of the semiconductor layer the source-drain current monotonically increases for weak disorder, whereas for strong disorder the current first increases and then decreases. Similarly, for a fixed layer thickness the mobility may either increase or decrease with increasing gate bias. We explain these results by the enhanced effect of state filling on the current for strong disorder, which competes with the effects of Coulomb interactions and charge motion in the third dimension. Our conclusion is that apart from the situation of a single monolayer, charge transport in an organic semiconductor layer should be considered three-dimensional, even at high gate bias.

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American Physical Society , 2012. Vol. 85, no 23, article id 235302
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-141447DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.235302ISI: 000304748900006OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-141447DiVA, id: diva2:1145804
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Funding Agencies|Dutch Technology Foundation STW; applied science division of NWO; Ministry of Economic Affairs

Available from: 2017-09-29 Created: 2017-09-29 Last updated: 2017-10-09

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