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Hybrid Nanoparticle/Organic Devices with Strong Resonant Tunneling Behaviors
Author(s) -
Zheng Tianhang,
Choy Wallace C. H.,
Sun Yuxiu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200900308
Subject(s) - materials science , laser linewidth , quantum tunnelling , nanoparticle , optoelectronics , resonance (particle physics) , diode , current (fluid) , oled , voltage , trapping , organic semiconductor , molecule , nanotechnology , chemical physics , atomic physics , optics , electrical engineering , ecology , laser , chemistry , physics , engineering , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , biology
A hybrid nanoparticle/organic device consisting of small molecule organic semiconductors and Ag nanoparticles is reported. The single device exhibits unusual properties of organic resonant tunneling diode (ORTD) at low driving voltage region and offers light emission at high voltage. For ORTD, a strong negative differential resistance behavior is demonstrated at room temperature. The current resonance with the peak‐to‐valley current ratio of over 4.6 and narrow linewidth of only ∼1.4 V is achieved. A detailed operating mechanism of the charging and emission modes is proposed, which can be discussed in terms of the strong charge‐trapping effect of Ag nanoparticles. The repeatable operations of hybrid device show the mutual influences between two modes and the light emission properties of the ORTD are also discussed.