Surface photovoltage spectrum (SPS) and field-induced surface photovoltage spectrum (FISPS) are valuable techniques for the determination of pn conduction type of organic semiconductors. Here, conduction characters of azo pigment films composed of pure 4,4′-2-[N-( -hydroxyl)naphthyl]azodiphenyl (A) and 4,4′-2-{N-[ -hydroxyl-γ-(p-nitroanilino)naphthyl]}azodiphenyl (B) as well as A doped with I 2 vapor (AI 2 ) and B doped with NH 3 gas (BNH 3 ) were explored by means of these techniques. The results of the exploration show that film A has n-type character and film B p-type character. On the basis of the reverse photovoltaic properties, films AI 2 and BNH 3 were judged to be characteristic of p-type and n-type conduction, respectively. It appears that a group rich in electrons, either an electrophobic substituent (naphthanol) at the end side of the azo pigment molecule (A) or a dopant (NH 3 ), bestows the azo pigments with n-type character, whereas an electrophilic group, such as the substituent (p-nitroanilino) connected to azo pigment molecules (B) and I 2 , gives them p-type character. The phenomena are fully discussed based on the energy band modes of the Fermi levels of these materials.
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