Role of band states and trap states in the electrical properties of organic semiconductors: Hopping versus mobility edge model
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ArticleKAUST Grant Number
KUS-C1-015-21Date
2013-05-28Permanent link to this record
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We compare the merits of a hopping model and a mobility edge model in the description of the effect of charge-carrier concentration on the electrical conductivity, carrier mobility, and Fermi energy of organic semiconductors. We consider the case of a composite electronic density of states (DOS) that consists of a superposition of a Gaussian DOS and an exponential DOS. Using kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, we apply the two models in order to interpret the recent experimental data reported for n-doped C60 films. While both models are capable of reproducing the experimental data very well and yield qualitatively similar characteristic parameters for the density of states, some discrepancies are found at the quantitative level. © 2013 American Physical Society.Citation
Mehraeen S, Coropceanu V, Brédas J-L (2013) Role of band states and trap states in the electrical properties of organic semiconductors: Hopping versus mobility edge model. Physical Review B 87. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.195209.Sponsors
We thank Antoine Kahn and Selina Olthof for many fruitful discussions. This work has been supported by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Award No. KUS-C1-015-21, in the framework of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (CAMP). Computational resources have been provided by the CRIF Program of the National Science Foundation under Award CHE-0946869.Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)Journal
Physical Review Bae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1103/PhysRevB.87.195209