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Electropolymerized porphyrin films on indium–tin–oxide substrates have been characterized using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, absorption spectroscopy, electrical characterization methods and with step profiling. With these methods the density of the films (ρ=1.35 g/cm3) and the absorption coefficients α(λ) have been determined. For film thicknesses exceeding 40 nm, silver electrical contacts without shunts are achieved by evaporation. The dark conductivity of the films amounts to 10−13–10−12 Ω−1 cm−1. When applying a band model for the conduction in the films, the dark space charge limited current and the exponent in the relation between photoconductivity and illumination intensity (σ∼Iγ, γ=0.65±0.05) indicate an exponential trap distribution in the band gap of the films. From the action spectra, filter effects of the photoconductance and low mobilities are inferred. Spin coating of acceptor layers on top of the polymer films results in the formation of heterojunctions showing photovoltaic behavior, with an open-circuit voltage 0.4–0.6 V. The short-circuit current is controlled by electron transfer at the donor/acceptor interface only and is limited by filter effects in the bulk and by the low conductivity of the materials. The optoelectrical properties of the layers are different if analyzed using a mercury contact (higher dark conductivity, no photoconductivity) which is attributed to the intro- duction of dopants from ambient air in this case.
Electropolymerized porphyrin films on indium–tin–oxide substrates have been characterized using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, absorption spectroscopy, electrical characterization methods and with step profiling. With these methods the density of the films (ρ=1.35 g/cm3) and the absorption coefficients α(λ) have been determined. For film thicknesses exceeding 40 nm, silver electrical contacts without shunts are achieved by evaporation. The dark conductivity of the films amounts to 10−13–10−12 Ω−1 cm−1. When applying a band model for the conduction in the films, the dark space charge limited current and the exponent in the relation between photoconductivity and illumination intensity (σ∼Iγ, γ=0.65±0.05) indicate an exponential trap distribution in the band gap of the films. From the action spectra, filter effects of the photoconductance and low mobilities are inferred. Spin coating of acceptor layers on top of the polymer films results in the formation of heterojunctions showing photovoltaic behavior, with an open-circuit voltage 0.4–0.6 V. The short-circuit current is controlled by electron transfer at the donor/acceptor interface only and is limited by filter effects in the bulk and by the low conductivity of the materials. The optoelectrical properties of the layers are different if analyzed using a mercury contact (higher dark conductivity, no photoconductivity) which is attributed to the intro- duction of dopants from ambient air in this case.
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