Large Spatially Resolved Rectification in a Donor-Acceptor Molecular Heterojunction

Joseph A. Smerdon; Noel C. Giebink; Nathan P. Guisinger; Pierre Darancet; Jeffrey R. Guest

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00171

Large Spatially Resolved Rectification in a Donor-Acceptor Molecular Heterojunction

Joseph A. Smerdon
, Noel C. Giebink
, Nathan P. Guisinger
, Pierre Darancet
, Jeffrey R. Guest

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We demonstrate that rectification ratios (RR) of ≳250 (≳1000) at biases of 0.5 V (1.2 V) are achievable at the two-molecule limit for donor-acceptor bilayers of pentacene on C₆₀ on Cu using scanning tunneling spectroscopy and microscopy. Using first-principles calculations, we show that the system behaves as a molecular Schottky diode with a tunneling transport mechanism from semiconducting pentacene to Cu-hybridized metallic C₆₀. Low-bias RRs vary by two orders-of-magnitude at the edge of these molecular heterojunctions due to increased Stark shifts and confinement effects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2603-2607
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano letters
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00171
State	Published - Apr 13 2016

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