Non-Ohmic conduction in polydiacetylene thin films
Journal
Current Applied Physics
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
1
Pages
85-89
Date Issued
2005
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Abstract
We have studied the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of polydiacetylene (PDA) thin films in the temperature region 300-1.7 K. It was found that at electric fields higher than 2 × 104 V/cm, the I-V characteristics are strongly super-linear with negative temperature coefficient of starting voltage. Negative gate voltage increases the source-drain current (the effect is more pronounced at low temperature), whereas the magnetic field up to 7 T does not affect it. The results demonstrate that at low temperature the charge transport is mainly supported due to a charge injection and tunneling from the metallic banks, whereas at higher temperatures the activation energy is related to the band gap mismatch between the different polymer chains or granules. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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