Charge transport in oligothiophene field-effect transistors

被引:80
作者
Torsi, L [1 ]
Dodabalapur, A [1 ]
Rothberg, LJ [1 ]
Fung, AWP [1 ]
Katz, HE [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 57卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.57.2271
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Temperature-and electric-field-dependent mobility measurements of polycrystalline alpha-sexithiophene thin films, which form the active layer in field-effect transistors, are reported and are found to be strongly sample dependent. In samples with significant charge trapping, the mobility at temperatures greater than 50 K occurs by thermally activated hopping. There is a correlation between the extent of charge trapping and the magnitude of the field-effect mobility. In most samples, the field-effect mobility at temperatures less than 40 K is approximately temperature independent, but with an absolute value that is sample dependent. If the effects of trapping are neglected, the mobility in these field effect transistors possesses two main components: a nearly temperature-independent component and a temperature activated component.
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页码:2271 / 2275
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