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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 11(100), p. 113301

DOI: 10.1063/1.3693608

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Charge depletion in organic heterojunction

Journal article published in 2012 by T. W. Ng, M. F. Lo, S. T. Lee, C. S. Lee ORCID
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Abstract

Until now two types of organic-organic heterojunction (OHJ) have been observed in P-N junctions formed between undoped-organic semiconductors. Charge-transfers across OHJs are either negligible or showing electron transfer from P-type to N-type materials, leading to charges accumulation near the interface. Here, we observed that junction of 4,4′,4′′-tris(2-methylphenyl-phenylamino)triphenylamine (m-MTDATA)/bathocuproine (BCP) show the third-behavior. Electrons in BCP (N-type) transfer to m-MTDATA (P-type), leading to depletion of mobile majority carriers near the junction. While “depletion junctions” are typical in inorganic semiconductors, there are no reports in undoped-OHJ. Formation mechanism of depletion OHJs and fundamental differences between inorganic and organic HJs are discussed.