Nature Communications (May 2021)

Sub-5 nm single crystalline organic p–n heterojunctions

  • Mingchao Xiao,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Chuan Liu,
  • Guangchao Han,
  • Yanjun Shi,
  • Chunlei Li,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Yuanyuan Hu,
  • Zitong Liu,
  • Xike Gao,
  • Zhengxu Cai,
  • Ji Liu,
  • Yuanping Yi,
  • Shuai Wang,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Wenping Hu,
  • Yunqi Liu,
  • Henning Sirringhaus,
  • Lang Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23066-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Realizing organic p–n junctions based on ordered crystalline materials with dimensions comparable to the exciton diffusion length of most organic semiconductors remains a challenge. Here, the authors report a strategy to form molecular monolayer crystal-based p–n junctions with thickness below 5 nm.