Pentacene field-effect transistors incorporating ZnO quantum dots can be used as a sensitive probe of the optical properties of a buried donor-acceptor interface. Photoinduced charge transfer between pentacene and ZnO in these devices varies with incident photon energy and reveals which energies will contribute most to charge transfer in other structures. A subsequent slow return to the dark st...

We present a comparative study of ultrafast photoexcited state relaxation in pentacene single crystals and in pure and C60-doped pentacene films using optical pump-probe spectroscopy. The photoinduced absorption spectra in pentacene crystals is consistent with a dominant singlet–triplet fission decay channel for above-gap excitation. This decay channel is suppressed in thin films and even furth...

Identifying specific microstructure-property relationships in polycrystalline organic semiconductor films is a key goal for the field of organic electronics. Using transverse shear microscopy, we have established for the first time the presence of both epitaxial and non-epitaxial domains in ultrathin polycrystalline layers of pentacene grown on SiO2. The microstructure of pentacene films is par...

1566-1199/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier B.V http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2012.05.044 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 205 348 9930; fa E-mail address: [email protected] (D. Li). 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)pentacene (TIPS pentacene) is a promising active channel material of organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs) due to its solubility, stability, and high mobility. However, the grow...

van der Waals heterojunctions between two-dimensional (2D) layered materials and nanomaterials of different dimensions present unique opportunities for gate-tunable optoelectronic devices. Mixed-dimensional p-n heterojunction diodes, such as p-type pentacene (0D) and n-type monolayer MoS2 (2D), are especially interesting for photovoltaic applications where the absorption cross-section and charg...

Studying highly energetic pentacene impinging on a surface, we demonstrated that the perpendicular component of the momentum drives the dynamics of molecule-molecule interactions and hence the island nucleation process, while the parallel component governs the dynamics of the interactions between the surface and the molecule and therefore determines the sticking coefficient and the island fract...

The structural properties of coevaporated thin films of pentacene (PEN) and perfluoropentacene (PFP) on SiO(2) were studied using x-ray reflectivity and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction. Reciprocal space maps of the coevaporated thin films with different volume fractions reveal the coexistence of two different molecular mixed PEN-PFP phases together with the pure PEN and PFP crystallites. Th...

We investigate the electrical characteristics of top-contact pentacene thin-film transistors (TFTs) fabricated with various thicknesses of the Au source and the drain (S/D) electrodes, i.e., 20, 30, 50, 70, and 105 nm. Pentacene TFTs exhibit enhancements in the drain current and the fieldeffect mobility with increasing thickness of Au S/D electrodes up to 50 nm, after which the TFT performance ...

In the field of molecular electronics, thin films of molecules adsorbed on insulating surfaces are used as the functional building blocks of electronic devices. Control of the structural and electronic properties of the thin films is required for reliably operating devices. Here, noncontact atomic force and Kelvin probe force microscopies have been used to investigate the growth and electrostat...

Organic/inorganic interfaces play a crucial role in flexible electronic devices such as organic field effect transistors (OFETs), organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaics (OPVs). Charge injection and transport through the interface is not only important in understanding devices, but also a primary challenge in developing and optimizing devices. More flexibility in fabrica...