Interface Engineering for Organic Electronics
Top Cited Papers
- 28 April 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Functional Materials
- Vol. 20 (9) , 1371-1388
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.200902236
Abstract
The field of organic electronics has been developed vastly in the past two decades due to its promise for low cost, lightweight, mechanical flexibility, versatility of chemical design and synthesis, and ease of processing. The performance and lifetime of these devices, such as organic light‐emitting diodes (OLEDs), photovoltaics (OPVs), and field‐effect transistors (OFETs), are critically dependent on the properties of both active materials and their interfaces. Interfacial properties can be controlled ranging from simple wettability or adhesion between different materials to direct modifications of the electronic structure of the materials. In this Feature Article, the strategies of utilizing surfactant‐modified cathodes, hole‐transporting buffer layers, and self‐assembled monolayer (SAM)‐modified anodes are highlighted. In addition to enabling the production of high‐efficiency OLEDs, control of interfaces in both conventional and inverted polymer solar cells is shown to enhance their efficiency and stability; and the tailoring of source–drain electrode–semiconductor interfaces, dielectric–semiconductor interfaces, and ultrathin dielectrics is shown to allow for high‐performance OFETs.Keywords
This publication has 197 references indexed in Scilit:
- Ambipolar transport in solution-deposited pentacene transistors enhanced by molecular engineering of device contactsApplied Physics Letters, 2009
- Efficient organic solar cells with polyfluorene derivatives as a cathode interfacial layerOrganic Electronics, 2009
- Enhanced charge collection in polymer photovoltaic cells by using an ethanol-soluble conjugated polyfluorene as cathode buffer layerSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2009
- Organic‐Oxide Cathode Buffer Layer in Fabricating High‐Performance Polymer Light‐Emitting DiodesAdvanced Functional Materials, 2008
- Tuning of Ag work functions by self-assembled monolayers of aromatic thiols for an efficient hole injection for solution processed triisopropylsilylethynyl pentacene organic thin film transistorsApplied Physics Letters, 2008
- Organic transistors manufactured using inkjet technology with subfemtoliter accuracyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008
- Rapid Vapor-Phase Fabrication of Organic−Inorganic Hybrid Superlattices with Monolayer PrecisionJournal of the American Chemical Society, 2007
- Thermally crosslinked hole-transporting layers for cascade hole-injection and effective electron-blocking/exciton-confinement in phosphorescent polymer light-emitting diodesApplied Physics Letters, 2006
- Molecular Rectifying Diodes from Self-Assembly on SiliconNano Letters, 2003
- Molecular modification of an ionic semiconductor–metal interface: ZnO/molecule/Au diodesApplied Physics Letters, 2003