A set of N-heteroquinones, deriving from oligoacenes, have been recently proposed as n-type organic semiconductors with high electron mobilities in thin-film transistors. Generally speaking, this class of compounds self-assembles in neighboring π-stacks linked by weak hydrogen bonds. We aim at theoretically characterizing here the sequential charge transport (hopping) process expected to take p...

Recent synthetic work has realized a novel (n-type) small-molecule acceptor, 7,8,15,16-tetra-aza-terrylene (TAT), single-crystals of which can be grown oriented along the c-axis crystallographic direction, and over-coated with pentacene to form a highly ordered donor/acceptor interface for use in organic photovoltaic devices. However, characterization of single TAT crystals reveals highly varia...

By electrochemically p-doping pentacene in the vicinity of the source-drain electrodes in organic field effect transistors the injection barrier for holes is decreased. The focus of this work is put on the influence of the p-doping process on the transistor performance. Cyclic voltammetry performed on a pentacene based transistor exhibits a reversible p-doping response. This doped state is evok...

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We have fabricated planar bottom-contact organic thin-film transistors as a function of the thickness of the pentacene active layer. The highest mobility of the planar bottom-contact transistors is 0.47 cm/Vs with only a 7 nm pentacene active layer. Our planar bottom-contact transistors show much higher mobility than conventional bottom-contact counterparts and even higher than the reported mob...

A C60-terminated self-assembled monolayer can be used to place molecular acceptor states at the interface between the semiconductor and gate insulator of an organic field effect transistor. The time dependence of the photoinduced charge transfer between pentacene and C60 has a fast component with a characteristic time of 1.9 s and slower component with a time constant of 32 and 48 s at the begi...

We present evidence for 130 nm thick pentacene films ordered in the orthorhombic phase obtained by iodine diffusion into the film deposited by classical thermal evaporation. After desorption of iodine by vacuum annealing the crystallographic properties of the investigated pentacene films resemble those of very thin thermal evaporated films that exhibit an orthorhombic phase with high electrical...

: Organic polymers or crystals are commonly used in manufacturing of today's electronically functional devices (OLEDs, organic solar cells, etc). Understanding their morphology in general and at the interface in particular is of paramount importance. Proper knowledge of molecular orientation at interfaces is essential for predicting optoelectronic properties such as exciton diffusion length, ch...

We use Raman spectroscopy to characterize thin films of pentacene grown on Si/SiOx by Supersonic Molecular Beam Deposition (SuMBD). We find that films up to a thickness of about 781 Å (∼ 52 monolayers) all belong to the so-called thin-film (TF) phase. The appearance with strong intensity of some lattice phonons suggests that the films are characterized by good intra-layer order. A comparison of...