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ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 14, 期 46, 页码 52499-52507出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15308
关键词
molecular electronics; molecular diodes; self-assembled monolayers; ferrocene; rectification ratio; two-terminal junctions
资金
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of ferrocene-substituted thiofluorene on Au(111) exhibit two distinct conductance states (CSs) with high rectification ratio (RR). The CSs and RR depend on the bias voltage sweep direction, with the high CS preserved under negative bias and switched to low CS under positive bias. In symmetric sweeps, the CS depends on the polarity of the first sweep.
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of ferrocene-substituted thiofluorene on Au(111) exhibit two distinct conductance states (CSs) in two-terminal junctions featuring a sharp tip of eutectic GaIn as the top electrode. The occurrence of these states and the resulting effective rectification by the SAM depend on the way the bias voltage is swept; when the junction is only negatively biased, the original, high CS is preserved, whereas the junction is switched to a low CS when applying only positive biases. This results in an exceptionally high effective rectification ratio (RR) of similar to 2100 already at voltages as low as 0.1 V. In contrast, when sweeping the junction alternatingly to the maximum positive and negative bias voltages (as usually performed in the literature), fully symmetric J-V curves are observed. That is, for the present SAM, rectification disappears, and the effective RR is similar to 1. It is noteworthy that whether the junction in these symmetric sweeps is in the high or low CS depends on the polarity of the first sweep. We attribute the occurrence of the two CSs to a (quasi) non-reversible oxidation of the ferrocenes in combination with structural changes in the monolayer geometry. The observed sweeping dependence of the conductivity switching is an additional parameter that needs to be considered when interpreting experimental J-V curves, especially when dealing with redox-active systems.
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