Half wave rectification of inorganic/organic heterojunction diode at the frequency of 1 kHz

  • Deuk Hee Lee
  • , Dong Hoon Park
  • , Sangsig Kim
  • , Sang Yeol Lee

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    Abstract

    An inorganic/organic vertical heterojunction diode has been demonstrated with p-type Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) deposited by spin coating on n-type Ga-doped ZnO (GZO) thin films. Transparent conducting GZO thin films are deposited on glass substrate by rf-magnetron sputtering. Electrical properties of GZO thin films are investigated depending on the processing temperatures. The resistivity, mobility and carrier concentration of the GZO thin films deposited at processing temperatures of 500 °C are measured to be about 3.6 × 10-4 Ω cm, 23.8 cm2/Vs and 7.1 × 1020 cm3, respectively. The root mean square surface roughness of the GZO thin films is calculated to be ~ 0.9 nm using atomic force microscopy. Current-voltage characteristics of the n-GZO/p-PEDOT:PSS heterojunction diode present rectifying operation. Half wave rectification is observed with the maximum output voltage of 1.85 V at 1 kHz. Low turn-on voltage of about 1.3 V is obtained and the ideality factor of the n-GZO/p-PEDOT:PSS diode is derived to be about 1.8.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5658-5661
    Number of pages4
    JournalThin Solid Films
    Volume519
    Issue number16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011 Jun 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the program for National Development Energy and Mid-Term Development of Local Bases funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE), South Korea.

    Keywords

    • Diodes
    • Ga-doped zinc oxide
    • Half wave rectification
    • Heterojunction
    • Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate)
    • Sputtering
    • p-n junctions

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
    • Metals and Alloys
    • Materials Chemistry

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