Space-charge limited conduction in doped polypyrrole devices

Anjaneyulu, P and Sangeeth, Suchand CS and Menon, Reghu (2010) Space-charge limited conduction in doped polypyrrole devices. In: 11th Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, JAN 18-22, 2010, Washington, DC.

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Abstract

Doping dependent current-voltage (I-V) and capacitance-voltage (C-V) measurements were carried out on polypyrrole devices in metal-polymer-metal sandwich structure. Temperature dependent I-V measurements infer that space-charge limited conduction (SCLC) with exponential trap distribution is appropriate for the moderately doped samples, whereas trap-free SCLC is observed in lightly doped samples. Trap densities and energies are estimated, the effective mobility is calculated using the Poole-Frenkel model, and the mobility exhibits thermally activated behavior. Frequency dependent capacitance-voltage characteristics show a peak near zero bias voltage, which implies that these devices are symmetric with a negligible barrier height at the metal-polymer interface. Low frequency capacitance measurements have revealed a negative capacitance at higher voltages due to the processes associated with the injection and redistribution of space-charges. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2010 09:57
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:08
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/28287

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