分子結合におけるエネルギー損失のプローブとしての光放出
Oleksii Ivashenko1, Adam Johan Bergren2, Richard L McCreery1,2
1Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta , 11421 Saskatchewan Dr., Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2M9, Canada.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 9, 2016
まとめ
分子結合からの可視光放射は 厚い膜のエネルギー損失を示し 電子のジャンプ輸送を示しています これは薄膜と対照的に,分子電子学の電荷輸送機構の洞察を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- 分子電子
- 有機半導体
- 固体物理学
背景:
- 分子結合からの可視光放出は 荷電伝送の洞察を与えてくれます
- 以前の研究では,Al/AlOx/Auの交差点における光の放出は,熱中介質の緩解に起因していた.
- 分子層の輸送メカニズムの理解は デバイスの応用に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 異なる芳香分子層の厚さを持つ分子結合からの可視光放射を調査する.
- 電流と電圧の相関性を調べる
- 分子膜における電荷輸送メカニズム (例えば,コヘラントンネリング対電子ジャンプ) を解明する.
主な方法:
- 炭素と接触する間には5~19nmの厚さのアロマティック分子層がある.
- 電流・電圧の特徴と可視光放射スペクトルの測定
- Al/AlOx/Au トンネルの結合と分子交差点の放射を比較する.
主要な成果:
- 観測された可視光放射は,分子結合における電流-電圧の行動と相関する.
- 薄い (<5 nm) 分子結合は,一貫したトンネリング (最大光子エネルギー = 適用バイアス) と一致する放出を示した.
- 厚い分子結合は,分子構造と厚さによるエネルギー損失 (放射光子のエネルギー < 適用バイアス) を示した. ニトロアゾベンゼン結合は線形エネルギー損失 (0.31 eV/nm) を示した.
結論:
- より厚いフィルムでのエネルギー損失は,一貫したトンネリングを排除し",損失"の輸送を示します.
- 弾性輸送から損失輸送への移行は,電子ジャンプメカニズムが関与していることを確認しています.
- この研究は,分子交差点における異なる電子ジャンプ輸送モデルを区別するための方法を提供します.
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