Electrical Characterization of a Large-Area Single-Layer Cu3BHT 2D Conjugated Coordination Polymer
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Abstract
Understanding charge transport properties of large-area single-layer 2D materials is crucial for the future development of novel optoelectronic devices. In this work, the synthesis and electrical characterization of large-area single-layers of Cu3BHT 2D conjugated coordination polymers are reported. The Cu3BHT are synthesized on the water surface by the Langmuir-Blodgett method and then transferred to SiO2/Si substrates with pre-patterned electrical contacts. Electrical measurements revealed ohmic responses across areas up to ≈1 cm2, with a mean resistance of approximately 53 ± 3 kΩ at a probe separation of 50 µm. Cooling and heating cycles show hysteresis in the electrical response, suggesting different current pathways are formed as the samples underwent structural-chemical changes during temperature sweeps. This hysteresis vanished after several cycles and the conductivity shows a stable exponential behavior as a function of temperature, suggesting that a temperature-dependent tunneling process is governing the conduction mechanism in the analyzed polycrystalline single-layer Cu3BHT samples. These results, together with density functional theory calculations and valence band X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data suggest that the single-layer samples exhibit a semiconducting rather than a metallic behavior.
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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2416717 |
| Journal | Advanced functional materials |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Mar 2025 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
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- 2D coordination polymer, 2D metal-organic framework, contact resistance, Cu3BHT, electrical conductivity, electrical resistivity, semiconductor, single-layer