Charge carrier traps in organic semiconductors: a review on the underlying physics and impact on electronic devices

HF Haneef, AM Zeidell, OD Jurchescu - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The weak intermolecular interactions inherent in organic semiconductors make them
susceptible to defect formation, resulting in localized states in the band-gap that can trap …

Organic optoelectronic materials: mechanisms and applications

O Ostroverkhova - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Organic (opto) electronic materials have received considerable attention due to their
applications in thin-film-transistors, light-emitting diodes, solar cells, sensors, photorefractive …

Reducing Trap Density in Organic Solar Cells via Extending the Fused Ring Donor Unit of an A–D–A‐Type Nonfullerene Acceptor for Over 17% Efficiency

J Zhou, D He, Y Li, F Huang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The high trap density (generally 1016 to 1018 cm− 3) in thin films of organic semiconductors
is the primary reason for the inferior charge‐carrier mobility and large nonradiative …

2D‐crystal‐based functional inks

F Bonaccorso, A Bartolotta, JN Coleman… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The possibility to produce and process graphene, related 2D crystals, and heterostructures
in the liquid phase makes them promising materials for an ever‐growing class of …

High-performance five-ring-fused organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors

H Jiang, S Zhu, Z Cui, Z Li, Y Liang, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic molecular semiconductors have been paid great attention due to their advantages
of low-temperature processability, low fabrication cost, good flexibility, and excellent …

Morphology control strategies for solution-processed organic semiconductor thin films

Y Diao, L Shaw, Z Bao, SCB Mannsfeld - Energy & Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
While the chemical structure of organic semiconductors has an obvious effect on their
proclivity for charge transport, the ways with which they are processed have a dramatic effect …

[HTML][HTML] Tutorial: Organic field-effect transistors: Materials, structure and operation

ZA Lamport, HF Haneef, S Anand, M Waldrip… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Chemical versatility and compatibility with a vast array of processing techniques has led to
the incorporation of organic semiconductors in various electronic and opto-electronic …

High Miscibility‐Induced Reduction of Trap Density in All‐Polymer Solar Cells Using Hybrid Cyclohexyl‐Hexyl Side Chains

F Sun, X Wang, M Wan, Z Liu, Y Luo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Reducing the trap density within organic solar cells is of vital importance to realize high
power conversion efficiency (PCE); however, research focusing on this aspect is limited in …

Noncovalent intermolecular interactions in organic electronic materials: implications for the molecular packing vs electronic properties of acenes

C Sutton, C Risko, JL Bredas - Chemistry of Materials, 2016 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent intermolecular interactions, which can be tuned through the toolbox of synthetic
chemistry, determine not only the molecular packing but also the resulting electronic, optical …

Fullerene‐Liquid‐Crystal‐Induced Micrometer‐Scale Charge‐Carrier Diffusion in Organic Bulk Heterojunction

F Zhao, D He, C Zou, Y Li, K Wang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The short charge‐carrier diffusion length (LD)(100–300 nm) in organic bulk heterojunction
(BHJ) impedes the further improvement in power conversion efficiency (PCE) of organic …