Metal evaporation dependent charge injection in organic transistors

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1738-1744

  Xu, Yong ^a   Liu, Chuan ^a   Sun, Huabin ^b   Balestra, Francis ^c   Ghibaudo, Gerard ^c   Scheideler, Will ^d   Noh, Yong Young ^a  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IMEP LAHC   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge injection; Metal diffusion; Metal evaporation; Organic transistor

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION RATES; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; EVAPORATION; METALLIZING; OHMIC CONTACTS; PRECIOUS METALS;

CONTACT METALLIZATION; CONTACTING METALS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; METAL DIFFUSION; METAL EVAPORATION; ORGANIC TRANSISTOR; TOP CONTACT PENTACENE;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84901477560     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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