Charging and Discharging Mechanisms of Organic Bistable Devices Based on ZnO Nanoparticles Capped with a Poly N-Vinylcarbazole Polymer

Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive spectrometer images of hybrid nanocomposites of ZnO nanoparticles capped with a poly N-vinylcarbazole (PVK) that was fabricated using the spin-coating technique showed that the ZnO nanoparticles were capped with a PVK polymer layer. The measurement of the current voltage (I-V) of the Al/ZnO nanoparticles capped with a PVK layer/indium-tin-oxide/glass devices at 300 K showed electrical bistability and negative differential resistance, which indicate the nonvolatile nature of the memory effect of the electron captured in the ZnO nanoparticles. The charging and discharging mechanisms of the organic bistable devices that were fabricated using hybrid nanocomposites of ZnO nanoparticles capped with a PVK layer are described based on the I-V results.This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (No. R0A2007-000-20044-0)