Charge-carrier induced barrier-height reduction at organic heterojunction

In order to provide an accurate theoretical description of current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of an organic heterojunction device over a wide range of electric fields at various temperatures, it is proposed that an accumulation of charge carrier at the heterojunction will lead to a reduction in the barrier height across the heterojunction. Two well-known hole-transporting materials, 4, 4′, 4″ -Tris(N-3-methylphenyl-N-phenyl-amino) triphenylamine (MTDATA) and N, N′ -diphenyl- N, N′ -bis(1-naphthyl) (1, 1′ -biphenyl)- 4, 4′ diamine (NPB), were used to fabricate unipolar heterojunction devices. It is found that the J-V characteristics depend strongly on applied bias. The simulated J-V characteristics of the heterojunction device, with the modified injection model, are found to be in excellent agreement with the experimental data. © 2008 The American Physical Society.