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Correlated Charge Transport in an Organic Coulomb Glass

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00009548
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-9548-8

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Dörfler, Magdalena ; Bässler, Heinz ; Oberhofer, Harald ; Köhler, Anna:
Correlated Charge Transport in an Organic Coulomb Glass.
In: Advanced Materials. (2026) . - e22965.
ISSN 1521-4095
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202522965

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Abstract

Advances in the development of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), electrically gated organic semiconductors (EGOFETs), and organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) allow for the operation of these devices at very high charge-carrier densities, where Coulomb interactions between carriers can be expected to become significant. We have studied the effects of such Coulomb interactions in an OFET-like structure using Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) simulations. Compared to an analogous structure where carrier-carrier interactions are neglected, we find a reduction in carrier mobility and an increase in activation energy. This effect increases with increasing gate voltage, i.e., charge density. We associate this with the emergence of a different transport regime where correlated transport prevails and where a Coulomb gap appears in a dynamic density of states (DOS), consistent with previous work. We demonstrate that at these high densities, the charges in the organic semiconductor behave like those in a Coulomb glass. In this context, the activation energy for transport is reinterpreted to relate to the structural reorganization of the carrier ensemble. Unlike in inorganic semiconductors, for the organic semiconductor system, we find the appearance of a Coulomb gap to occur even at ambient temperature, and it does not require variable-range hopping.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Keywords: collective phenomena; disordered media; hopping dynamics; many-body effects; percolative conduction
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics II - Optoelectronics of Soft Matter
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics II - Optoelectronics of Soft Matter > Chair Experimental Physics II - Optoelectronics of Soft Matter - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anna Köhler
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Theoretical Physics VII - Computational Materials Design (BayBatt) > Chair Theoretical Physics VII - Computational Materials Design (BayBatt) - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer
Research Institutions > Central research institutes > Bayreuth Institute of Macromolecular Research - BIMF
Research Institutions > Central research institutes > Bayerisches Zentrum für Batterietechnik - BayBatt
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI)
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > SFB 1585 - MultiTrans – Structured functional materials for multiple transport in nanoscale confinements
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Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Theoretical Physics VII - Computational Materials Design (BayBatt)
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Central research institutes
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit
Language: English
Originates at UBT: Yes
URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-9548-8
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2026 07:03
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2026 07:03
URI: https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/9548

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