Thickness dependence of space charge limited current and injection limited current in organic molecular semiconductors

Ruchi Agrawal, Pramod Kumar, Subhasis Ghosh, Ajit Kumar Mahapatro

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Abstract

We report the experimental investigations on space charge limited current (SCLC) and injection limited current (ILC) in copper phthalocyanine (CuPc), sandwiched between two metal electrodes. Thickness dependence of current-voltage characteristics of SCLC and ILC is accurately reproduced by the electric field and temperature dependent charge carrier mobility, without invoking charge density dependent mobility. These results are interpreted using a consistent description of SCLC and ILC, based on a unified model of hopping transport within Gaussian density of states in CuPc.

Original languageEnglish
Article number073311
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume93
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
One of the authors (P.K.) thanks the CSIR for the financial support through fellowship. This work was partly supported by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Funding

One of the authors (P.K.) thanks the CSIR for the financial support through fellowship. This work was partly supported by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

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Department of Science and Technology
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India

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