This paper reports on the fabrication and investigation of a surface-type organic semiconductor copper phthalocyanine(CuPc) based diode.A thin film of CuPc of thickness 100 nm was thermally sublimed onto a glass sub...This paper reports on the fabrication and investigation of a surface-type organic semiconductor copper phthalocyanine(CuPc) based diode.A thin film of CuPc of thickness 100 nm was thermally sublimed onto a glass substrate with preliminary deposited metallic electrodes to form a surface-type Ag/CuPc/Au Schottky diode.The current-voltage characteristics were measured at room temperature under dark conditions.The barrier height was calculated as 1.05 eV.The values of mobility and conductivity was found to be 1.74×10;cm;/(V·s) and 5.5×10;Ω;·cm;,respectively.At low voltages the device showed ohmic conduction and the space charge limited current conduction mechanisms were dominated at higher voltages.展开更多
This study presents the fabrication and characterization of novel surface-type capacitive humidity sensors using vanadyl phthalocyanine(VOPc) as the active material.The devices,which comprise three different thickne...This study presents the fabrication and characterization of novel surface-type capacitive humidity sensors using vanadyl phthalocyanine(VOPc) as the active material.The devices,which comprise three different thicknesses, have been fabricated using the thermal evaporation technique.A thin film of VOPc is deposited on thoroughly cleaned glass substrates with pre-patterned Ag electrodes.The capacitive effect of the samples under humidity has been investigated. Comparison of the samples with different thicknesses shows that the thinnest device seems more sensitive towards humidity.The humidity dependent capacitance properties of the sensor make it beneficial for use in commercial hygrometers.展开更多
基金GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology for its supportthe Indigenous PhD Fellowship Program
文摘This paper reports on the fabrication and investigation of a surface-type organic semiconductor copper phthalocyanine(CuPc) based diode.A thin film of CuPc of thickness 100 nm was thermally sublimed onto a glass substrate with preliminary deposited metallic electrodes to form a surface-type Ag/CuPc/Au Schottky diode.The current-voltage characteristics were measured at room temperature under dark conditions.The barrier height was calculated as 1.05 eV.The values of mobility and conductivity was found to be 1.74×10;cm;/(V·s) and 5.5×10;Ω;·cm;,respectively.At low voltages the device showed ohmic conduction and the space charge limited current conduction mechanisms were dominated at higher voltages.
文摘This study presents the fabrication and characterization of novel surface-type capacitive humidity sensors using vanadyl phthalocyanine(VOPc) as the active material.The devices,which comprise three different thicknesses, have been fabricated using the thermal evaporation technique.A thin film of VOPc is deposited on thoroughly cleaned glass substrates with pre-patterned Ag electrodes.The capacitive effect of the samples under humidity has been investigated. Comparison of the samples with different thicknesses shows that the thinnest device seems more sensitive towards humidity.The humidity dependent capacitance properties of the sensor make it beneficial for use in commercial hygrometers.