TY - GEN
T1 - Transient charge carrier transport effects in organic field effect transistor channels
AU - Chang, Hsiu Chuang
AU - Ruden, P. Paul
AU - Liang, Yan
AU - Frisbie, C. Daniel
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - We present device simulations exploring the effects of traps during transient processes in the conducting channel of organic semiconductor field effect transistors (OFETs). The device structure considered resembles a typical organic thin-film transistor with one of the channel contacts removed. However, the channel length is much longer than in typical OFETs in order to increase the transit time. By measuring the displacement current in these long-channel capacitors, transient effects in the carrier transport in organic semiconductors may be studied. When carriers are injected into the device, a conducting channel is established while traps, which are initially empty, are being populated. The filling of the traps then modifies the transport characteristics of the injected charge carriers. In contrast, DC experiments as they are typically performed to characterize the transport properties of organic semiconductor channels investigate steady states with traps partially filled. Numerical and approximate analytical models for the formation of the conducting channel and the resulting displacement current are discussed. We show that displacement current measurements on OFET structures provide unique opportunities for the study of trap dynamics.
AB - We present device simulations exploring the effects of traps during transient processes in the conducting channel of organic semiconductor field effect transistors (OFETs). The device structure considered resembles a typical organic thin-film transistor with one of the channel contacts removed. However, the channel length is much longer than in typical OFETs in order to increase the transit time. By measuring the displacement current in these long-channel capacitors, transient effects in the carrier transport in organic semiconductors may be studied. When carriers are injected into the device, a conducting channel is established while traps, which are initially empty, are being populated. The filling of the traps then modifies the transport characteristics of the injected charge carriers. In contrast, DC experiments as they are typically performed to characterize the transport properties of organic semiconductor channels investigate steady states with traps partially filled. Numerical and approximate analytical models for the formation of the conducting channel and the resulting displacement current are discussed. We show that displacement current measurements on OFET structures provide unique opportunities for the study of trap dynamics.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952491881
SN - 9781605112473
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 111
EP - 116
BT - Organic Photovoltaics and Related Electronics - From Excitons to Devices
T2 - 2010 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 5 April 2010 through 9 April 2010
ER -