• 文献标题:   Graphene as interface modifier in ITO and ITO-Cr electrodes
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SILVA LA, LUZARDO JMM, OLIVEIRA SM, CURTI RV, SILVA AM, VALASKI R, CAPAZ RB, ARAUJO JR
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, ito, chromium, work function, builtin voltage
  • 出版物名称:   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1567-1739 EI 1878-1675
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Metrol Qual Technol Inmetro
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.cap.2020.04.004
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

We explore graphene as interface modifier for electrodes in optoelectronic organic devices by measuring the electrical properties of ITO/graphene and ITO/Cr/graphene. For this purpose, exfoliated graphene (EG) was electrochemically synthesized and deposited by spray-pyrolysis. The built-in voltage (Vbi) values were 450 mV for the ITO/CuPc/Al reference, 750 mV for ITO/Cr/graphene/CuPc/Al and 1000 mV for ITO/graphene/CuPc/Al device structures. From these results, we estimate the work functions as 3.20 eV, 3.45 eV and 4.75 eV for ITO/ EG, ITO/Cr/EG and ITO. To understand how the work function changes, we carried out first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT) where Cr work function (similar to 4.2 eV) is not modified by the deposition of pristine graphene; however there is a substantial increase (from 4.2 eV to 5.2 eV), upon deposition of graphene oxide (GO), resulting from a complete transfer of O atoms from the GO sheet to the Cr surface forming a thin layer of chromium oxide.