Vertical n-type organic transistors with tri(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum as collector and fullerene as emitter

Mingdong Yi, Xianhai Xia, Tao Yang, Yuyu Liu, Linghai Xie, Xinhui Zhou, Wei Huang

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Abstract

A vertical n-type permeable organic metal-base transistor was demonstrated. In this transistor, two kinds of n-type organic semiconductors of fullerene (C60) and tri(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3) were used as emitter and collector, respectively, and the metal base was comprised of Al/Al2O3/LiF. The formation of a thin oxide film (Al 2O3) on the metal aluminum (Al) surface by thermally annealing makes the base self-selected charge carrier characteristic. As a result, the device exhibits low leakage current, and the common-base and common-emitter current gains reach near 1 and 30 at less than 1 V bias, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number073309
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume98
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

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