Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Integrated molecular diode as 10 MHz half-wave rectifier based on an organic nanostructure heterojunction

  • Tianming Li,
  • Vineeth Kumar Bandari,
  • Martin Hantusch,
  • Jianhui Xin,
  • Robert Kuhrt,
  • Rachappa Ravishankar,
  • Longqian Xu,
  • Jidong Zhang,
  • Martin Knupfer,
  • Feng Zhu,
  • Donghang Yan,
  • Oliver G. Schmidt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17352-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The demand for miniaturization of electronics has been motivating a growing interest in high-performance molecular electronics. Li, Bandari et al. report a fully integrated molecular rectifier based on a molecular heterojunction and microtubular electrode enabling high frequency operation at more than 10 MHz.