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Carrier mobility model for organic semiconductors based on both Arrhenius and non-Arrhenius temperature dependence

L. G. WANG1, Q. F. ZHANG1, M. L. LIU1,* , Z. H. LIU1, L. ZHANG1

Affiliation

  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Henan Key Laboratory of Intelligent Detection and Control of Coal Mine Equipment, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, 454003, People’s Republic of C

Abstract

In this paper, we formulate a charge-carrier mobility model for disordered organic semiconductors based on both the Arrhenius and non-Arrhenius temperature dependence. This model can correctly reproduce the effects of temperature, electric field, and carrier concentration on the carrier mobility, and can rather well fit the numerical solution of the master equation at both the low carrier density and high carrier density, the latter of which cannot be well described using the extended Gaussian disorder model (EGDM). Furthermore, experimental current-voltage characteristics in devices based on organic semiconductors are also excellently reproduced by using this mobility model. These results further suggest that a temperature dependence of mobility given by the non-Arrhenius relation is suitable for the low carrier density and small energetic disorder limitation, and the high carrier density and large energetic disorder limitation gives the Arrhenius relation.

Keywords

Charge transport, Mobility model, Temperature dependence, Disordered organic semiconductors.

Citation

L. G. WANG, Q. F. ZHANG, M. L. LIU, Z. H. LIU, L. ZHANG, Carrier mobility model for organic semiconductors based on both Arrhenius and non-Arrhenius temperature dependence, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 20, 1-2, January-February 2026, pp.74-79 (2026).

Submitted at: July 8, 2025

Accepted at: Feb. 2, 2026