Conduction in magnesium phthalocyanine thin films with aluminium electrodes

A. C. Varghese () and C. S. Menon

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 52, issue 4, 465-468

Abstract: The various electrical properties and the nature of conduction mechanisms of magnesium phthalocyanine thin film devices with top and bottom aluminium electrodes have been investigated. The conduction mechanism was identified as injection limited essentially due to the electrode material. Even with the same electrode materials, the device showed asymmetric conduction behavior in the forward and reverse bias. In general the conduction was interpreted as a Schottky emission with barrier height Φ s =1.07 eV for the forward bias and Φ s =1.09 eV in the reverse bias. The effect of oxygen on the conductivity of the device has also been investigated. In the oxygen doped samples the conductivity is decreased which may be attributed to an interfacial layer between the electrode and the organic layer. Further in the oxygen doped sample while a Schottky emission is observed at lower voltages Poole-Frenkel conductivity was identified in the higher voltage region. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 73.50.Pz Photoconduction and photovoltaic effects; 73.61.At Metal and metallic alloys; 72.20.-i Conductivity phenomena in semiconductors and insulators; 84.32.Ff Conductors; resistors (including thermistors; varistors; and photoresistors) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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