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Vibrational Spectroscopy Reveals Electrostatic and Electrochemical Doping in Organic Thin Film Transistors Gated with a Polymer Electrolyte Dielectric

2007; American Chemical Society; Volume: 129; Issue: 25 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja070615x

1943-2984

Loren G. Kaake, Yukun Zou, Matthew J. Panzer, C. Daniel Frisbie, Xiaoyang Zhu,

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

We apply attenuated total internal reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to directly probe active layers in organic thin film transistors (OTFTs). The OTFT studied uses the n-type organic semiconductor N-N'-dioctyl-3,4,9,10-perylene tetracarboxylic diimide (PTCDI-C8) and a polymer electrolyte gate dielectric made from poly(ethylene oxide) and LiClO4. FTIR spectroscopy of the device shows signatures of anionic PTCDI-C8 species and broad polaron bands when the organic semiconductor layer is doped under positive gate bias (VG). There are two distinctive doping regions: a reversible and electrostatic doping region for VG ≤ 2 V and an irreversible and electrochemical doping regime for VG > 2 V. On the basis of intensity loss of vibrational peaks attributed to neutral PTCDI-C8, we obtain a charge carrier density of 2.9 × 1014/cm2 at VG = 2 V; this charge injection density corresponds to the conversion of slightly more than one monolayer of PTCDI-C8 molecules into anions. At higher gate bias voltage, electrochemical doping involving the intercalation of Li+ into the organic semiconductor film can convert all PTCDI-C8 molecules in a 30-nm film into anionic species. For comparison, when a conventional gate dielectric (polystyrene) is used, the maximum charge carrier density achievable at VG = 200 V is ∼4.5 × 1013/cm2, which corresponds to the conversion of 18% of a monolayer of PTCDI-C8 molecules into anions.