Effects of conjugated structure on electronic and transport properties in organic–inorganic hybrid superlattices Cd2Se2(C2H4N2)1/2

Abstract

Abstract By inducing π-conjugated organic molecule C2H4N2 in group II–VI based CdSe network structure materials, the band structures and carrier transport of organic–inorganic hybrid superlattices Cd2Se2(C2H4N2)1/2 were investigated via first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. With different stacking patterns, it is found that the carrier mobility can be modulated by 5–6 orders of magnitude. The physical mechanism of the high carrier mobility in the hybrid structures has been revealed, which means dipole organic layers realize electron delocalization via electrostatic potential difference and build-in electric field. Our calculations shown that the dipole organic layers originate from asymmetric π-conjugated organic molecules and the charges movement between molecules, while symmetric organic molecules tend to electrostatic balance. And although the electronic transport properties were highly restrained by the flat bands of organic layers around Fermi energy in most structures, we found that the collective electrostatic effect can lead to very high electron mobility in AA1 and AA2 stacking systems, which might be attributed to the superposition of molecule electrostatic potential along with electrons transfer between molecules. Furthermore, it is also found that the anisotropy of electron mobility can be modulated via the difference directions of dipole layers.