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25.02.2009

Anomalous Tunneling in Carbon/Alkane/TiO2/Gold Molecular Electronic Junctions: Energy Level Alignment at the Metal/Semiconductor Interface





Haijun Yan and Richard L. McCreery*§

Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, National Institute for Nanotechnology, National Research Council of Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2M9, and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Article ASAP

DOI: 10.1021/am800126v

Publication Date (Web): January 23, 2009

Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society



The Ohio State University.



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National Research Council of Canada.



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* Corresponding author. Tel.: 780-641-1760. E-mail: richard.mccreery@ualberta.ca.

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University of Alberta.







Abstract



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Carbon/TiO2/gold electronic junctions show slightly asymmetric electronic behavior, with higher current observed in current density (J)/voltage (V) curves when carbon is biased negative with respect to the gold top contact. When a 1-nm-thick alkane film is deposited between the carbon and TiO2, resulting in a carbon/alkane/TiO2/gold junction, the current increases significantly for negative bias and decreases for positive bias, thus creating a much less symmetric J/V response. Similar results were obtained when SiO2 was substituted for the alkane layer, but Al2O3 did not produce the effect. The observation that, by the addition of an insulating material between carbon and TiO2, the junction becomes more conductive is unexpected and counterintuitive. Kelvin probe measurements revealed that while the apparent work function of the pyrolyzed photoresist film electrode is modulated by surface dipoles of different surface-bound molecular layers, the anomalous effect is independent of the direction of the surface dipole. We propose that by using a nanometer-thick film with a low dielectric constant as an insertion layer, most of the applied potential is dropped across this thin film, thus permitting alignment between the carbon Fermi level and the TiO2 conduction band. Provided that the alkane layer is sufficiently thin, electrons can directly tunnel from carbon to the TiO2 conduction band. Therefore, the electron injection barrier at the carbon/TiO2 interface is effectively reduced by this energy-level alignment, resulting in an increased current when carbon is biased negative. The modulation of injection barriers by a low-κ molecular layer should be generally applicable to a variety of materials used in micro- and nanoelectronic fabrication.




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