{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Li Y"],"funding":["Research Grants Council of Hong Kong","China Postdoctoral Science Foundation","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Leading-edge Technology Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation","National Key Research and Development Program of China","The fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents"],"pagination":["e2305100"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10933607"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Molecular diodes are of considerable interest for the increasing technical demands of device miniaturization. However, the molecular diode performance remains contact-limited, which represents a major challenge for the advancement of rectification ratio and conductance. Here, it is demonstrated that high-quality ultrathin organic semiconductors can be grown on several classes of metal substrates via solution-shearing epitaxy, with a well-controlled number of layers and monolayer single crystal over 1 mm. The crystals are atomically smooth and pinhole-free, providing a native interface for high-performance monolayer molecular diodes. As a result, the monolayer molecular diodes show record-high rectification ratio up to 5 × 10<sup>8</sup> , ideality factor close to unity, aggressive unit conductance over 10<sup>3</sup> S cm<sup>-2</sup> , ultrahigh breakdown electric field, excellent electrical stability, and well-defined contact interface. Large-area monolayer molecular diode arrays with 100% yield and excellent uniformity in the diode metrics are further fabricated. These results suggest that monolayer molecular crystals have great potential to build reliable, high-performance molecular diodes and deeply understand their intrinsic electronic behavior."],"journal":["Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)"],"pubmed_title":["Monolayer Organic Crystals for Ultrahigh Performance Molecular Diodes."],"pmcid":["PMC10933607"],"funding_grant_id":["62074076","2021YFA0715600","61734003","BX2021119","2022M711564","BK20202005","2021YFA1202903","61927808","15205619","51861145202","91964202","2018YFB2200500","N_CUHK438/18"],"pubmed_authors":["Zhou L","He D","Shi Y","Sun L","Li Y","Wang P","Hao Z","Xu JB","Xie J","Zeng J","Wang X","Pan L","Ye J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Monolayer Organic Crystals for Ultrahigh Performance Molecular Diodes.","description":"Molecular diodes are of considerable interest for the increasing technical demands of device miniaturization. However, the molecular diode performance remains contact-limited, which represents a major challenge for the advancement of rectification ratio and conductance. Here, it is demonstrated that high-quality ultrathin organic semiconductors can be grown on several classes of metal substrates via solution-shearing epitaxy, with a well-controlled number of layers and monolayer single crystal over 1 mm. The crystals are atomically smooth and pinhole-free, providing a native interface for high-performance monolayer molecular diodes. As a result, the monolayer molecular diodes show record-high rectification ratio up to 5 × 10<sup>8</sup> , ideality factor close to unity, aggressive unit conductance over 10<sup>3</sup> S cm<sup>-2</sup> , ultrahigh breakdown electric field, excellent electrical stability, and well-defined contact interface. Large-area monolayer molecular diode arrays with 100% yield and excellent uniformity in the diode metrics are further fabricated. These results suggest that monolayer molecular crystals have great potential to build reliable, high-performance molecular diodes and deeply understand their intrinsic electronic behavior.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2026-06-26T03:27:58.226Z","creation":"2025-04-06T14:34:26.712Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10933607","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38145961"],"doi":["10.1002/advs.202305100"]}}