Studies on conduction mechanisms of pentacene based diodes using impedance spectroscopy

Pentacene based junctions with Al on both p-Si(1 0 0) and indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates have been analysed using impedance spectroscopy (100 Hz–20 MHz) and dc-current versus voltage measurements. Conduction mechanisms match well with the space charge limited current model with exponential trap charge distributions. Impedance studies reveal the Schottky behaviour for both the devices. The differences between p-Si/pentacene/Al and ITO/pentacene/Al devices have been explained by modelling equivalent circuits, with one and two RC elements, respectively. The switch-over field from ohmic conduction to space charge limited conduction, charge concentration as a function of voltage and bias dependent series resistance have been estimated for both the cases.