Toward a Fully Analytical Contact Resistance Expression in Organic Transistors

Abstract

Contact resistance is a major characteristic of organic transistors, and its importance has received renewed attention due to the recent revelation of mobility overestimation. In this article, we propose a method to describe the contact resistance as a closed-form compact equation of the materials, interfaces, and geometrical parameters. The proposed model allows us to quantitatively understand the correlation between charge-injection and transport properties, while providing a tool for performance prediction and optimization. This theory is applied to a set of experimentally fabricated devices to exemplify how to utilize the model in practice.