Electrochemically grafted molecular layers as on-chip energy storage molecular junctions.

ABSTRACT: Molecular junctions (MJs) are celebrated nanoelectronic devices for mimicking conventional electronic functions, including rectifiers, sensors, wires, switches, transistors, negative differential resistance, and memory, following an understanding of charge transport mechanisms. However, capacitive nanoscale molecular junctions are rarely seen. The present work describes electrochemically (E-Chem) grown covalently attached molecular thin films of 10, 14.3, and 18.6 nm thickness using benzimidazole (BENZ) diazonium salts on ITO electrodes on a quartz substrate upon which 50 nm of aluminum (Al) top contact was deposited to fabricate large-scale (area = 500 × 500 μm²) molecular junctions. The capacitance of the molecular junctions decreases with increasing thickness of molecular lay

SUBMITTER: Kaur R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11756557 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature