Thin Solid Films, Vol.622, 115-121, 2017
Investigation of the effect of organic solvents on the electrical characteristics of PEDOT:PSS/p-Si heterojunction diodes
Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) - poly (styrenesulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS) is a widely used polymer in organic electronics. In the present study, pin 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. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.