Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

A new electrode design for ambipolar injection in organic semiconductors

  • Thangavel Kanagasekaran,
  • Hidekazu Shimotani,
  • Ryota Shimizu,
  • Taro Hitosugi,
  • Katsumi Tanigaki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01047-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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One of technological challenges building organic electronics is efficient injection of electrons at metal-semiconductor interfaces compared to that of holes. The authors show an air-stable electrode design with induced gap states, which support Fermi level pinning and thus ambipolar carrier injection.