Rubrene Thin Films with Viably Enhanced Charge Transport Fabricated by Cryo-Matrix-Assisted Laser Evaporation

Rafał Jendrzejewski; Natalia Majewska; Sayani Majumdar; Sawczak Mirosław; Jacek Ryl; Gerard Śliwiński

doi:10.3390/ma14164413

Rubrene Thin Films with Viably Enhanced Charge Transport Fabricated by Cryo-Matrix-Assisted Laser Evaporation

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Among organic semiconductors, rubrene (RB; C42H28) is of rapidly growing interest for the development of organic and hybrid electronics due to exceptionally long spin diffusion length and carrier mobility up to 20 cm2V−1s−1 in single crystals. However, the fabrication of RB thin films resembling properties of the bulk remains challenging, mainly because of the RB molecule’s twisted conformation. This hinders the formation of orthorhombic crystals with strong π–π interactions that support the band transport. In this work, RB films with a high crystalline content were fabricated by matrix-assisted laser evaporation and the associated structure, composition, and transport properties are investigated. Enhanced charge transport is ascribed to the crystalline content of the film. Spherulitic structures are observed on top of an amorphous RB layer formed in the initial deposition stage. In spherulites, orthorhombic crystals dominate, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction and the absorption and Raman spectra. Surprisingly, nanowires several microns in length are also detected. The desorption/ionization mass and X-ray photoelectron spectra consistently show minimal material decomposition and absence of RB peroxides. The observed carrier mobility up to 0.13 cm2V−1s−1, is close to the technologically accepted level, making these rubrene films attractive for spintronic and optoelectronic applications

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Rafał Jendrzejewski dr hab.
- Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery PAS
Natalia Majewska
- University of Gdansk
Sayani Majumdar
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Sawczak Mirosław dr hab. inż.
- Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery PAS
Jacek Ryl dr hab. inż.
Gerard Śliwiński prof.
- Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery PAS

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:: Materials no. 14,
ISSN: 1996-1944
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2021
Bibliographic description:: Jendrzejewski R., Majewska N., Majumdar S., Mirosław S., Ryl J., Śliwiński G.: Rubrene Thin Films with Viably Enhanced Charge Transport Fabricated by Cryo-Matrix-Assisted Laser Evaporation// Materials -Vol. 14,iss. 16 (2021), s.4413-
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma14164413
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