The origin of hole injection improvements with MoO3/Al bilayer electrodes in pentacene thin-film transistors

Pyungeun Jeon; Kyul Han; Hyunbok Lee; Hyun Sung Kim; Kwangho Jeong; Kwanghee Cho; Sang Wan Cho; Yeonjin Yi

doi:10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.08.041

The origin of hole injection improvements with MoO₃/Al bilayer electrodes in pentacene thin-film transistors

Pyungeun Jeon, Kyul Han, Hyunbok Lee, Hyun Sung Kim, Kwangho Jeong, Kwanghee Cho, Sang Wan Cho, Yeonjin Yi

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Abstract

The electronic structures of pentacene/MoO₃/Al and pentacene/Al were studied using in situ photoemission spectroscopy. The secondary electron cutoffs, highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMOs) and core level changes were measured upon deposition of the pentacene and MoO₃ to study the electronic structures at the interface. We obtained complete energy level diagrams for each interface, showing that the insertion of the MoO₃ layer between pentacene and Al induces the HOMO level shift of pentacene toward lower binding energies compared to that without MoO₃. This results in reduction of the hole injection barrier, which is responsible for the improvements in electronic device performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2502-2505
Number of pages	4
Journal	Synthetic Metals
Volume	159
Issue number	23-24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2009.08.041
Publication status	Published - 2009 Dec

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology (KRCF) through the KRISS project of “Development of Advanced Industrial Metrology” and a research project of the Korea Research Foundation (KRF, Grant No. 2009-0070876 ) and BK21 project of the KRF.

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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