Creation of a Tunable Diode Based on Nanotubes with an Ion Gate

Abstract

The new concept of an electronic tunable device based on nanostructured materials is suggested. A tunable organic diode is represented by the example of a vertical architecture with a polymer layer of poly-3 hexylthiophene-P3HT and an upper carbon electrode whose properties vary in a wide range when it is doped in a double electric layer in an ionic liquid. Two types of ionic liquids with different ion sizes and different breakdown voltages are used. It is shown that diode based on nanotubes plus organic can be used for photodetectors and in photovoltaic elements