Bulk electrical properties of rubrene single crystals: Measurements and analysis

D. Braga, N. Battaglini, A. Yassar, G. Horowitz, M. Campione, A. Sassella, and A. Borghesi
Phys. Rev. B 77, 115205 – Published 17 March 2008

Abstract

Rubrene single crystals with well-developed (100) faces extending along the [010] direction were equipped with two planar gold electrodes deposited under low thermal load on the same crystal surface. The current-voltage curves measured on crystals with various thicknesses were analyzed by means of the space-charge-limited current model. In all cases, the curves present a clear trap-filled transition that allows extracting the trap-free mobility along the b axis. Working in a gap-type geometry and by comparing the mobility calculated from the Geurst two-dimensional and Mott–Gurney three-dimensional models, a clear 2D to 3D transition is established for a thickness that roughly corresponds to half the distance between the two electrodes. Further quantitative analysis of the data with a differential method leads to the conclusion that charge-transport properties at room temperature are affected by a discrete trap level pointing at 0.48±0.02eV above the valence band.

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  • Received 30 July 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115205

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. Braga*, N. Battaglini, A. Yassar, and G. Horowitz

  • ITODYS, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS-UMR 7086, 75205 Paris, Cedex 13, France

M. Campione, A. Sassella, and A. Borghesi

  • Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 53, 20125 Milano, Italy

  • *Also at Università di Milano-Bicocca, Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Milano, Italy; daniele.braga@mater.unimib.it
  • horowitz@univ-paris-diderot.fr

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Vol. 77, Iss. 11 — 15 March 2008

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