Hall Effect in Polycrystalline Organic Semiconductors: The Effect of Grain Boundaries
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Choi, Hyun HoPaterson, Alexandra
Fusella, Michael A.
Panidi, Julianna
Solomeshch, Olga
Tessler, Nir
Heeney, Martin

Cho, Kilwon
Anthopoulos, Thomas D.

Rand, Barry P.
Podzorov, Vitaly
KAUST Department
KAUST Solar CenterKAUST Solar Center (KSC)
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2019-07-11Online Publication Date
2019-07-11Print Publication Date
2020-05Embargo End Date
2020-01-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/656208
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Highly crystalline thin films in organic semiconductors are important for applications in high-performance organic optoelectronics. Here, the effect of grain boundaries on the Hall effect and charge transport properties of organic transistors based on two exemplary benchmark systems is elucidated: (1) solution-processed blends of 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene (C8-BTBT) small molecule and indacenodithiophene-benzothiadiazole (C16IDT-BT) conjugated polymer, and (2) large-area vacuum evaporated polycrystalline thin films of rubrene (C42H28). It is discovered that, despite the high field-effect mobilities of up to 6 cm2 V−1 s−1 and the evidence of a delocalized band-like charge transport, the Hall effect in polycrystalline organic transistors is systematically and significantly underdeveloped, with the carrier coherence factor α < 1 (i.e., yields an underestimated Hall mobility and an overestimated carrier density). A model based on capacitively charged grain boundaries explaining this unusual behavior is described. This work significantly advances the understanding of magneto-transport properties of organic semiconductor thin films.Citation
Choi, H. H., Paterson, A. F., Fusella, M. A., Panidi, J., Solomeshch, O., Tessler, N., … Podzorov, V. (2019). Hall Effect in Polycrystalline Organic Semiconductors: The Effect of Grain Boundaries. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(20), 1903617. doi:10.1002/adfm.201903617Sponsors
The authors are grateful to the following programs for the financial support of this work. V.P. and H.H.C. acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation under the grant ECCS-1806363 and the Rutgers Energy Institute (REI). K.C. and H.H.C. acknowledge support from the Center for Advanced Soft-Electronics at Pohang University of Science and Technology funded by the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning as Global Frontier Project (CASE-2011-0031628). M.A.F. and B.P.R. acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation Award No. ECCS-1709222. A.F.P., J.P., M.H., and T.D.A. acknowledge financial support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Grant No. EP/G037515/1) and from the European Research Council (ERC) AMPRO Project No. 280221. T.D.A. and A.F.P. acknowledge the support from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). O.S. acknowledge the support of the Center for Absorption in Science of the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption in Israel under the framework of the KAMEA Program.Publisher
WileyJournal
Advanced Functional MaterialsAdditional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201903617ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/adfm.201903617