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Investigation of the effect of organic solvents on the electrical characteristics of PEDOT:PSS/p-Si heterojunction diodes

Publication date: Available online 21 December 2016
Source:Thin Solid Films
Author(s): C.S. Pathak, R. Kapoor, J.P. Singh, R. Singh
Poly (3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene) - poly (styrenesulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS) is a widely used polymer in organic electronics. In the present study, spin coated PEDOT:PSS films on Si substrates and doped with different organic solvents were analyzed. The influence of different solvents such as n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, ethylene glycol, and methanol on the morphology, transmittance and work function of PEDOT:PSS films as well as on the electrical properties of Au/PEDOT:PSS/p-Si/In-Ga heterojunction diodes is presented. It is shown that PEDOT:PSS films doped by various organic solvents exhibited improved conductivity (by two orders of magnitude) and transparency (>85%) in the visible region. Various organic solvents modified heterojunction diodes studied in this work showed rectifying behavior with ideality factors in the range of 1.9–3.2.


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