Injection of current densities over kA/cm2 in organic thin films and investigation of charge-carrier transport mechanisms in current density region between nA/cm2 and kA/cm2

Toshinori Matsushima; Chihaya Adachi

doi:10.1117/12.682122

5 December 2006 Injection of current densities over kA/cm² in organic thin films and investigation of charge-carrier transport mechanisms in current density region between nA/cm² and kA/cm²

Toshinori Matsushima, Chihaya Adachi

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Proceedings Volume 6333, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices X; 63331O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.682122
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We investigate current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of copper phthalocyanine thin-film devices, with active areas ranging from S = 1,000,000 to 7.9 μm², and analyze their charge-carrier transport mechanisms under current densities between nA/cm² and kA/cm². We demonstrate injection of 128 kA/cm² in the smallest device having S = 7.9 μm². Furthermore, we find that J-V characteristics are divided into three regions between nA/cm² and kA/cm²: ohm current, shallow-trap space-charge-limited current (SCLC), and trap-free SCLC. In a shallow-trap SCLC region, we observe a large shift in J-V characteristics depending upon the active areas. From analyses of carrier traps with a thermally stimulated current (TSC) measurement, we see that TSC signal intensities of these films decrease as the active area is reduced. Hence, we conclude that a large shift in J-V characteristics is attributable to the change of carrier trap concentrations in these films.

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Toshinori Matsushima and Chihaya Adachi "Injection of current densities over kA/cm² in organic thin films and investigation of charge-carrier transport mechanisms in current density region between nA/cm² and kA/cm²", Proc. SPIE 6333, Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices X, 63331O (5 December 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.682122

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