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Current-Voltage Characteristics of Pentacene Films: Effect of UV/Ozone Treatment on Au Electrodes

Yuuma Suzue, Takaaki Manaka and Mitsumasa Iwamoto

(Received June 25, 2004; accepted October 5, 2004; published January 24, 2005)

In relation to a metal/organic interface, the effect of an ozone treatment on the electrical properties of a metal surface was investigated by surface potential and current-voltage (I-V) measurements. With a UV/ozone treatment on a gold (Au) surface, the surface potential formed across a vacuum-evaporated pentacene film (100 nm thickness) on a Au substrate varied from -200 mV to 350 mV. The variation in the surface potential is possibly a result of a change in the apparent work function of the Au surface. The results obtained by photoemission spectroscopy support the deepening of the Fermi level of the Au surface with the UV/ozone treatment. The I-V characteristics of a [Au (top)/pentacene/Au (bottom)] structure showed that the rectifying property reverses with the UV/ozone treatment of the bottom Au electrode. These results are discussed based on the potential barrier at the Au/pentacene interface due to the space charge.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/44/561/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.561

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