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In-depth Surface Studies of p-GaN:Cs Photocathodes by Combining Ex-Situ Analytical Methods with In-Situ X-Ray Photoelectron SpectroscopySchaber, Jana 21 June 2023 (has links)
The photocathode is one of the key components of particle accelerator facilities that provides electrons for experiments in many disciplines such as biomedicine, security imaging, and condensed matter physics. The requirements for the electron emitting material, the so-called photocathode, are rather high because these materials should provide a high quantum efficiency, a low thermal emittance, a fast response, and a long operational lifetime. At present, none of the state-of-the-art photocathodes can fully meet all the desired requirements. Therefore, new materials that can be used as potential photocathodes are urgently needed for future developments in accelerator research.
Semiconductor photocathodes such as cesium telluride are the preferred materials in particle accelerators. These photocathodes provide high quantum efficiencies of above 10 %, making them highly attractive. The crystal growth of cesium telluride, as a compound semiconductor photocathode, requires the deposition of cesium and tellurium on a suitable substrate with an ideal chemical ratio, which seems elaborate and difficult to handle.
In contrast, III-V semiconductors, such as gallium arsenide and gallium nitride (GaN), represent another type of semiconductor photocathode. These commercially available semiconductors are already grown on a substrate and only require a thin film of cesium and optional oxygen to obtain a photocathode. An atomically clean surface is necessary to achieve a negative electron affinity surface, which is the main prerequisite for high quantum efficiency.
In this work, p-GaN grown on sapphire by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, was wet chemically cleaned, and transferred into an ultra-high vacuum chamber, where it underwent a subsequent thermal cleaning. The cleaned p-GaN samples were activated with Cs to obtain p-GaN:Cs photocathodes and their performance was monitored with respect to their quality, especially concerning their quantum efficiency and storage lifetime. The surface topography and morphology were examined ex-situ by atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy in combination with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
Treatments at different temperatures resulted in various quantum efficiency values and storage lifetimes. Moderate temperatures of 400–500 °C were found to be more beneficial for the p-GaN surface quality, which was reflected by achieving higher quantum efficiency values. After the thermal cleaning, the samples were activated with a thin layer of cesium at an average pressure of 1 x E-9 mbar. The surface morphology was studied with scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy after the samples were thermally cleaned and activated with cesium. The results showed that the surface appeared inhomogeneous when the samples were cleaned at a high temperature above 600 °C. A thermal cleaning from the back side through the substrate represented another possibility but did not yield higher quantum efficiency values.
An in-situ analysis method facilitates following and understanding the changes in the surface electronic states before, during, and after any treatment of p-GaN:Cs photocathodes. For this purpose, an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer was applied that was built into an ultra-high vacuum system to prepare and characterize photocathodes. It allowed the in-situ monitoring of the photocathode surfaces beginning immediately after their cleaning and throughout the activation and degradation processes.
The realization of the adaption of an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy chamber to the preparation chamber presented a significant constructional challenge. Thus, this work paid special attention to the technical aspects of in-situ sample transportation between these chambers without leaving the ultra-high vacuum environment.
The p-GaN surface was cleaned with different solutions and studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, revealing that cleaning with a so-called 'piranha' solution in combination with rinsing in ethanol works best for the p-GaN surface. A cleaning step that solely uses ethanol is also possible and represents a simple cleaning procedure that is manageable in all laboratories. Afterward, the cleaned p-GaN samples underwent a subsequential thermal vacuum cleaning at various temperatures to achieve an atomically clean surface. Each treatment step was followed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis without leaving the ultra-high vacuum environment, revealing residual oxygen and carbon on the p- GaN surface. A thermal treatment under vacuum did not entirely remove these organic contaminations, although the thermal cleaning reduced their peak intensities. The remaining oxygen and carbon contaminants were assumed to be residuals derived from the metal-organic chemical vapor deposition process.
After the cesium activation, a shift toward a higher binding energy was observed in the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy spectra of the related photoemission peaks. This shift indicated that the cesium was successfully adsorbed to the p-GaN surface. Before the cesium activation, adventitious carbon at a binding energy of approximately 284 eV was found, which was also present after the cesium activation but did not shift in its binding energy. It was also shown that the presence of remaining carbon significantly influenced the photocathode’s quality. After the cesium deposition, a new carbon species at a higher binding energy (approximately 286 eV) appeared in the carbon 1s spectrum. This new species showed a higher binding energy than adventitious carbon and was identified as a cesium carbide species. This cesium carbide species grew over time, resulting in islands on the surface. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data facilitated the elucidation of the critical role of thiscesium carbide species in photocathode degradation.
Typically, the quantum efficiency of photocathodes decays exponentially. Conversely, an immense quantum efficiency loss was observed after the p-GaN:Cs photocathodes were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The origin of the quantum efficiency loss derived from X-rays as an external influence and was not caused by the sample’s transportation. Therefore, potential X-ray damages to the p-GaN:Cs photocathodes were investigated. These experiments showed that the adsorbed cesium and its adhesion to the p-GaN surface were strongly influenced by X-ray irradiation. The cesium photoemission peaks shifted toward a lower binding energy, while the relative cesium concentration did not. This shift indicated that X-ray irradiation accelerated the external aging of the p-GaN photocathodes and thus it was proposed to use lower X-ray beam power or cool the samples to prevent X-ray damage to cesiated photocathodes.
This work shows that an exclusive activation with cesium is feasible and that a re-activation of the same sample is possible. Quantum efficiency values of 1–12% were achieved when the p-GaN, grown on sapphire, was activated. The capability of an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis allowed the in-situ monitoring of the photocathode surface and shed light on the surface compositions that changed during the photocathodes’ degradation process.
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Charge transport and energy levels in organic semiconductors / Ladungstransport und Energieniveaus in organischen HalbleiternWidmer, Johannes 25 November 2014 (has links) (PDF)
Organic semiconductors are a new key technology for large-area and flexible thin-film electronics. They are deposited as thin films (sub-nanometer to micrometer) on large-area substrates. The technologically most advanced applications are organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaics (OPV). For the improvement of performance and efficiency, correct modeling of the electronic processes in the devices is essential. Reliable characterization and validation of the electronic properties of the materials is simultaneously required for the successful optimization of devices. Furthermore, understanding the relations between material structures and their key characteristics opens the path for innovative material and device design.
In this thesis, two material characterization methods are developed, respectively refined and applied: a novel technique for measuring the charge carrier mobility μ and a way to determine the ionization energy IE or the electron affinity EA of an organic semiconductor.
For the mobility measurements, a new evaluation approach for space-charge limited current (SCLC) measurements in single carrier devices is developed. It is based on a layer thickness variation of the material under investigation. In the \"potential mapping\" (POEM) approach, the voltage as a function of the device thickness V(d) at a given current density is shown to coincide with the spatial distribution of the electric potential V(x) in the thickest device. On this basis, the mobility is directly obtained as function of the electric field F and the charge carrier density n. The evaluation is model-free, i.e. a model for μ(F, n) to fit the measurement data is not required, and the measurement is independent of a possible injection barrier or potential drop at non-optimal contacts. The obtained μ(F, n) function describes the effective average mobility of free and trapped charge carriers. This approach realistically describes charge transport in energetically disordered materials, where a clear differentiation between trapped and free charges is impossible or arbitrary.
The measurement of IE and EA is performed by characterizing solar cells at varying temperature T. In suitably designed devices based on a bulk heterojunction (BHJ), the open-circuit voltage Voc is a linear function of T with negative slope in the whole measured range down to 180K. The extrapolation to temperature zero V0 = Voc(T → 0K) is confirmed to equal the effective gap Egeff, i.e. the difference between the EA of the acceptor and the IE of the donor. The successive variation of different components of the devices and testing their influence on V0 verifies the relation V0 = Egeff. On this basis, the IE or EA of a material can be determined in a BHJ with a material where the complementary value is known. The measurement is applied to a number of material combinations, confirming, refining, and complementing previously reported values from ultraviolet photo electron spectroscopy (UPS) and inverse photo electron spectroscopy (IPES).
These measurements are applied to small molecule organic semiconductors, including mixed layers. In blends of zinc-phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and C60, the hole mobility is found to be thermally and field activated, as well as increasing with charge density. Varying the mixing ratio, the hole mobility is found to increase with increasing ZnPc content, while the effective gap stays unchanged. A number of further materials and material blends are characterized with respect to hole and electron mobility and the effective gap, including highly diluted donor blends, which have been little investigated before. In all materials, a pronounced field activation of the mobility is observed. The results enable an improved detailed description of the working principle of organic solar cells and support the future design of highly efficient and optimized devices. / Organische Halbleiter sind eine neue Schlüsseltechnologie für großflächige und flexible Dünnschichtelektronik. Sie werden als dünne Materialschichten (Sub-Nanometer bis Mikrometer) auf großflächige Substrate aufgebracht. Die technologisch am weitesten fortgeschrittenen Anwendungen sind organische Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) und organische Photovoltaik (OPV). Zur weiteren Steigerung von Leistungsfähigkeit und Effizienz ist die genaue Modellierung elektronischer Prozesse in den Bauteilen von grundlegender Bedeutung. Für die erfolgreiche Optimierung von Bauteilen ist eine zuverlässige Charakterisierung und Validierung der elektronischen Materialeigenschaften gleichermaßen erforderlich. Außerdem eröffnet das Verständnis der Zusammenhänge zwischen Materialstruktur und -eigenschaften einen Weg für innovative Material- und Bauteilentwicklung.
Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation werden zwei Methoden für die Materialcharakterisierung entwickelt, verfeinert und angewandt: eine neuartige Methode zur Messung der Ladungsträgerbeweglichkeit μ und eine Möglichkeit zur Bestimmung der Ionisierungsenergie IE oder der Elektronenaffinität EA eines organischen Halbleiters.
Für die Beweglichkeitsmessungen wird eine neue Auswertungsmethode für raumladungsbegrenzte Ströme (SCLC) in unipolaren Bauteilen entwickelt. Sie basiert auf einer Schichtdickenvariation des zu charakterisierenden Materials. In einem Ansatz zur räumlichen Abbildung des elektrischen Potentials (\"potential mapping\", POEM) wird gezeigt, dass das elektrische Potential als Funktion der Schichtdicke V(d) bei einer gegebenen Stromdichte dem räumlichen Verlauf des elektrischen Potentials V(x) im dicksten Bauteil entspricht. Daraus kann die Beweglichkeit als Funktion des elektrischen Felds F und der Ladungsträgerdichte n berechnet werden. Die Auswertung ist modellfrei, d.h. ein Modell zum Angleichen der Messdaten ist für die Berechnung von μ(F, n) nicht erforderlich. Die Messung ist außerdem unabhängig von einer möglichen Injektionsbarriere oder einer Potentialstufe an nicht-idealen Kontakten. Die gemessene Funktion μ(F, n) beschreibt die effektive durchschnittliche Beweglichkeit aller freien und in Fallenzuständen gefangenen Ladungsträger. Dieser Zugang beschreibt den Ladungstransport in energetisch ungeordneten Materialien realistisch, wo eine klare Unterscheidung zwischen freien und Fallenzuständen nicht möglich oder willkürlich ist.
Die Messung von IE und EA wird mithilfe temperaturabhängiger Messungen an Solarzellen durchgeführt. In geeigneten Bauteilen mit einem Mischschicht-Heteroübergang (\"bulk heterojunction\" BHJ) ist die Leerlaufspannung Voc im gesamten Messbereich oberhalb 180K eine linear fallende Funktion der Temperatur T. Es kann bestätigt werden, dass die Extrapolation zum Temperaturnullpunkt V0 = Voc(T → 0K) mit der effektiven Energielücke Egeff , d.h. der Differenz zwischen EA des Akzeptor-Materials und IE des Donator-Materials, übereinstimmt. Die systematische schrittweise Variation einzelner Bestandteile der Solarzellen und die Überprüfung des Einflusses auf V0 bestätigen die Beziehung V0 = Egeff. Damit kann die IE oder EA eines Materials bestimmt werden, indem man es in einem BHJ mit einem Material kombiniert, dessen komplementärer Wert bekannt ist. Messungen per Ultraviolett-Photoelektronenspektroskopie (UPS) und inverser Photoelektronenspektroskopie (IPES) werden damit bestätigt, präzisiert und ergänzt.
Die beiden entwickelten Messmethoden werden auf organische Halbleiter aus kleinen Molekülen einschließlich Mischschichten angewandt. In Mischschichten aus Zink-Phthalocyanin (ZnPc) und C60 wird eine Löcherbeweglichkeit gemessen, die sowohl thermisch als auch feld- und ladungsträgerdichteaktiviert ist. Wenn das Mischverhältnis variiert wird, steigt die Löcherbeweglichkeit mit zunehmendem ZnPc-Anteil, während die effektive Energielücke unverändert bleibt. Verschiedene weitere Materialien und Materialmischungen werden hinsichtlich Löcher- und Elektronenbeweglichkeit sowie ihrer Energielücke charakterisiert, einschließlich bisher wenig untersuchter hochverdünnter Donator-Systeme. In allen Materialien wird eine deutliche Feldaktivierung der Beweglichkeit beobachtet. Die Ergebnisse ermöglichen eine verbesserte Beschreibung der detaillierten Funktionsweise organischer Solarzellen und unterstützen die künftige Entwicklung hocheffizienter und optimierter Bauteile.
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Charge transport and energy levels in organic semiconductorsWidmer, Johannes 02 October 2014 (has links)
Organic semiconductors are a new key technology for large-area and flexible thin-film electronics. They are deposited as thin films (sub-nanometer to micrometer) on large-area substrates. The technologically most advanced applications are organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaics (OPV). For the improvement of performance and efficiency, correct modeling of the electronic processes in the devices is essential. Reliable characterization and validation of the electronic properties of the materials is simultaneously required for the successful optimization of devices. Furthermore, understanding the relations between material structures and their key characteristics opens the path for innovative material and device design.
In this thesis, two material characterization methods are developed, respectively refined and applied: a novel technique for measuring the charge carrier mobility μ and a way to determine the ionization energy IE or the electron affinity EA of an organic semiconductor.
For the mobility measurements, a new evaluation approach for space-charge limited current (SCLC) measurements in single carrier devices is developed. It is based on a layer thickness variation of the material under investigation. In the \"potential mapping\" (POEM) approach, the voltage as a function of the device thickness V(d) at a given current density is shown to coincide with the spatial distribution of the electric potential V(x) in the thickest device. On this basis, the mobility is directly obtained as function of the electric field F and the charge carrier density n. The evaluation is model-free, i.e. a model for μ(F, n) to fit the measurement data is not required, and the measurement is independent of a possible injection barrier or potential drop at non-optimal contacts. The obtained μ(F, n) function describes the effective average mobility of free and trapped charge carriers. This approach realistically describes charge transport in energetically disordered materials, where a clear differentiation between trapped and free charges is impossible or arbitrary.
The measurement of IE and EA is performed by characterizing solar cells at varying temperature T. In suitably designed devices based on a bulk heterojunction (BHJ), the open-circuit voltage Voc is a linear function of T with negative slope in the whole measured range down to 180K. The extrapolation to temperature zero V0 = Voc(T → 0K) is confirmed to equal the effective gap Egeff, i.e. the difference between the EA of the acceptor and the IE of the donor. The successive variation of different components of the devices and testing their influence on V0 verifies the relation V0 = Egeff. On this basis, the IE or EA of a material can be determined in a BHJ with a material where the complementary value is known. The measurement is applied to a number of material combinations, confirming, refining, and complementing previously reported values from ultraviolet photo electron spectroscopy (UPS) and inverse photo electron spectroscopy (IPES).
These measurements are applied to small molecule organic semiconductors, including mixed layers. In blends of zinc-phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and C60, the hole mobility is found to be thermally and field activated, as well as increasing with charge density. Varying the mixing ratio, the hole mobility is found to increase with increasing ZnPc content, while the effective gap stays unchanged. A number of further materials and material blends are characterized with respect to hole and electron mobility and the effective gap, including highly diluted donor blends, which have been little investigated before. In all materials, a pronounced field activation of the mobility is observed. The results enable an improved detailed description of the working principle of organic solar cells and support the future design of highly efficient and optimized devices.:1. Introduction
2. Organic semiconductors and devices
2.1. Organic semiconductors
2.1.1. Conjugated π system
2.1.2. Small molecules and polymers
2.1.3. Disorder in amorphous materials
2.1.4. Polarons
2.1.5. Polaron hopping
2.1.6. Fermi-Dirac distribution and Fermi level
2.1.7. Quasi-Fermi levels
2.1.8. Trap states
2.1.9. Doping
2.1.10. Excitons
2.2. Interfaces and blend layers
2.2.1. Interface dipoles
2.2.2. Energy level bending
2.2.3. Injection from metal into semiconductor, and extraction
2.2.4. Excitons at interfaces
2.3. Charge transport and recombination in organic semiconductors
2.3.1. Drift transport
2.3.2. Charge carrier mobility
2.3.3. Thermally activated transport
2.3.4. Diffusion transport
2.3.5. Drift-diffusion transport
2.3.6. Space-charge limited current
2.3.7. Recombination
2.4. Mobility measurement
2.4.1. SCLC and TCLC
2.4.2. Time of flight
2.4.3. Organic field effect transistors
2.4.4. CELIV
2.5. Organic solar cells
2.5.1. Exciton diffusion towards the interface
2.5.2. Dissociation of CT states
2.5.3. CT recombination
2.5.4. Flat and bulk heterojunction
2.5.5. Transport layers
2.5.6. Thin film optics
2.5.7. Current-voltage characteristics and equivalent circuit
2.5.8. Solar cell efficiency
2.5.9. Limits of efficiency
2.5.10. Correct solar cell characterization
2.5.11. The \"O-Factor\"
3. Materials and experimental methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Device fabrication and layout
3.2.1. Layer deposition
3.2.2. Encapsulation
3.2.3. Homogeneity of layer thickness on a wafer
3.2.4. Device layout
3.3. Characterization
3.3.1. Electrical characterization
3.3.2. Sample illumination
3.3.3. Temperature dependent characterization
3.3.4. UPS
4. Simulations
5.1. Design of single carrier devices
5.1.1. General design requirements
5.1.2. Single carrier devices for space-charge limited current
5.1.3. Ohmic regime
5.1.4. Design of injection and extraction layers
5.2. Advanced evaluation of SCLC – potential mapping
5.2.1. Potential mapping by thickness variation
5.2.2. Further evaluation of the transport profile
5.2.3. Injection into and extraction from single carrier devices
5.2.4. Majority carrier approximation
5.3. Proof of principle: POEM on simulated data
5.3.1. Constant mobility
5.3.2. Field dependent mobility
5.3.3. Field and charge density activated mobility
5.3.4. Conclusion
5.4. Application: Transport characterization in organic semiconductors
5.4.1. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60
5.4.2. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60 – temperature variation
5.4.3. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60 – blend ratio variation
5.4.4. Hole transport in ZnPc:C70
5.4.5. Hole transport in neat ZnPc
5.4.6. Hole transport in F4-ZnPc:C60
5.4.7. Hole transport in DCV-5T-Me33:C60
5.4.8. Electron transport in ZnPc:C60
5.4.9. Electron transport in neat Bis-HFl-NTCDI
5.5. Summary and discussion of the results
5.5.1. Phthalocyanine:C60 blends
5.5.2. DCV-5T-Me33:C60
5.5.3. Conclusion
6. Organic solar cell characteristics: the influence of temperature
6.1. ZnPc:C60 solar cells
6.1.1. Temperature variation
6.1.2. Illumination intensity variation
6.2. Voc in flat and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells
6.2.1. Qualitative difference in Voc(I, T)
6.2.2. Interpretation of Voc(I, T)
6.3. BHJ stoichiometry variation
6.3.1. Voc upon variation of stoichiometry and contact layer
6.3.2. V0 upon stoichiometry variation
6.3.3. Low donor content stoichiometry
6.3.4. Conclusion from stoichiometry variation
6.4. Transport material variation
6.4.1. HTM variation
6.4.2. ETM variation
6.5. Donor:acceptor material variation
6.5.1. Donor variation
6.5.2. Acceptor variation
6.6. Conclusion
7. Summary and outlook
7.1. Summary
7.2. Outlook
A. Appendix
A.1. Energy pay-back of this thesis
A.2. Tables and registers / Organische Halbleiter sind eine neue Schlüsseltechnologie für großflächige und flexible Dünnschichtelektronik. Sie werden als dünne Materialschichten (Sub-Nanometer bis Mikrometer) auf großflächige Substrate aufgebracht. Die technologisch am weitesten fortgeschrittenen Anwendungen sind organische Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) und organische Photovoltaik (OPV). Zur weiteren Steigerung von Leistungsfähigkeit und Effizienz ist die genaue Modellierung elektronischer Prozesse in den Bauteilen von grundlegender Bedeutung. Für die erfolgreiche Optimierung von Bauteilen ist eine zuverlässige Charakterisierung und Validierung der elektronischen Materialeigenschaften gleichermaßen erforderlich. Außerdem eröffnet das Verständnis der Zusammenhänge zwischen Materialstruktur und -eigenschaften einen Weg für innovative Material- und Bauteilentwicklung.
Im Rahmen dieser Dissertation werden zwei Methoden für die Materialcharakterisierung entwickelt, verfeinert und angewandt: eine neuartige Methode zur Messung der Ladungsträgerbeweglichkeit μ und eine Möglichkeit zur Bestimmung der Ionisierungsenergie IE oder der Elektronenaffinität EA eines organischen Halbleiters.
Für die Beweglichkeitsmessungen wird eine neue Auswertungsmethode für raumladungsbegrenzte Ströme (SCLC) in unipolaren Bauteilen entwickelt. Sie basiert auf einer Schichtdickenvariation des zu charakterisierenden Materials. In einem Ansatz zur räumlichen Abbildung des elektrischen Potentials (\"potential mapping\", POEM) wird gezeigt, dass das elektrische Potential als Funktion der Schichtdicke V(d) bei einer gegebenen Stromdichte dem räumlichen Verlauf des elektrischen Potentials V(x) im dicksten Bauteil entspricht. Daraus kann die Beweglichkeit als Funktion des elektrischen Felds F und der Ladungsträgerdichte n berechnet werden. Die Auswertung ist modellfrei, d.h. ein Modell zum Angleichen der Messdaten ist für die Berechnung von μ(F, n) nicht erforderlich. Die Messung ist außerdem unabhängig von einer möglichen Injektionsbarriere oder einer Potentialstufe an nicht-idealen Kontakten. Die gemessene Funktion μ(F, n) beschreibt die effektive durchschnittliche Beweglichkeit aller freien und in Fallenzuständen gefangenen Ladungsträger. Dieser Zugang beschreibt den Ladungstransport in energetisch ungeordneten Materialien realistisch, wo eine klare Unterscheidung zwischen freien und Fallenzuständen nicht möglich oder willkürlich ist.
Die Messung von IE und EA wird mithilfe temperaturabhängiger Messungen an Solarzellen durchgeführt. In geeigneten Bauteilen mit einem Mischschicht-Heteroübergang (\"bulk heterojunction\" BHJ) ist die Leerlaufspannung Voc im gesamten Messbereich oberhalb 180K eine linear fallende Funktion der Temperatur T. Es kann bestätigt werden, dass die Extrapolation zum Temperaturnullpunkt V0 = Voc(T → 0K) mit der effektiven Energielücke Egeff , d.h. der Differenz zwischen EA des Akzeptor-Materials und IE des Donator-Materials, übereinstimmt. Die systematische schrittweise Variation einzelner Bestandteile der Solarzellen und die Überprüfung des Einflusses auf V0 bestätigen die Beziehung V0 = Egeff. Damit kann die IE oder EA eines Materials bestimmt werden, indem man es in einem BHJ mit einem Material kombiniert, dessen komplementärer Wert bekannt ist. Messungen per Ultraviolett-Photoelektronenspektroskopie (UPS) und inverser Photoelektronenspektroskopie (IPES) werden damit bestätigt, präzisiert und ergänzt.
Die beiden entwickelten Messmethoden werden auf organische Halbleiter aus kleinen Molekülen einschließlich Mischschichten angewandt. In Mischschichten aus Zink-Phthalocyanin (ZnPc) und C60 wird eine Löcherbeweglichkeit gemessen, die sowohl thermisch als auch feld- und ladungsträgerdichteaktiviert ist. Wenn das Mischverhältnis variiert wird, steigt die Löcherbeweglichkeit mit zunehmendem ZnPc-Anteil, während die effektive Energielücke unverändert bleibt. Verschiedene weitere Materialien und Materialmischungen werden hinsichtlich Löcher- und Elektronenbeweglichkeit sowie ihrer Energielücke charakterisiert, einschließlich bisher wenig untersuchter hochverdünnter Donator-Systeme. In allen Materialien wird eine deutliche Feldaktivierung der Beweglichkeit beobachtet. Die Ergebnisse ermöglichen eine verbesserte Beschreibung der detaillierten Funktionsweise organischer Solarzellen und unterstützen die künftige Entwicklung hocheffizienter und optimierter Bauteile.:1. Introduction
2. Organic semiconductors and devices
2.1. Organic semiconductors
2.1.1. Conjugated π system
2.1.2. Small molecules and polymers
2.1.3. Disorder in amorphous materials
2.1.4. Polarons
2.1.5. Polaron hopping
2.1.6. Fermi-Dirac distribution and Fermi level
2.1.7. Quasi-Fermi levels
2.1.8. Trap states
2.1.9. Doping
2.1.10. Excitons
2.2. Interfaces and blend layers
2.2.1. Interface dipoles
2.2.2. Energy level bending
2.2.3. Injection from metal into semiconductor, and extraction
2.2.4. Excitons at interfaces
2.3. Charge transport and recombination in organic semiconductors
2.3.1. Drift transport
2.3.2. Charge carrier mobility
2.3.3. Thermally activated transport
2.3.4. Diffusion transport
2.3.5. Drift-diffusion transport
2.3.6. Space-charge limited current
2.3.7. Recombination
2.4. Mobility measurement
2.4.1. SCLC and TCLC
2.4.2. Time of flight
2.4.3. Organic field effect transistors
2.4.4. CELIV
2.5. Organic solar cells
2.5.1. Exciton diffusion towards the interface
2.5.2. Dissociation of CT states
2.5.3. CT recombination
2.5.4. Flat and bulk heterojunction
2.5.5. Transport layers
2.5.6. Thin film optics
2.5.7. Current-voltage characteristics and equivalent circuit
2.5.8. Solar cell efficiency
2.5.9. Limits of efficiency
2.5.10. Correct solar cell characterization
2.5.11. The \"O-Factor\"
3. Materials and experimental methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Device fabrication and layout
3.2.1. Layer deposition
3.2.2. Encapsulation
3.2.3. Homogeneity of layer thickness on a wafer
3.2.4. Device layout
3.3. Characterization
3.3.1. Electrical characterization
3.3.2. Sample illumination
3.3.3. Temperature dependent characterization
3.3.4. UPS
4. Simulations
5.1. Design of single carrier devices
5.1.1. General design requirements
5.1.2. Single carrier devices for space-charge limited current
5.1.3. Ohmic regime
5.1.4. Design of injection and extraction layers
5.2. Advanced evaluation of SCLC – potential mapping
5.2.1. Potential mapping by thickness variation
5.2.2. Further evaluation of the transport profile
5.2.3. Injection into and extraction from single carrier devices
5.2.4. Majority carrier approximation
5.3. Proof of principle: POEM on simulated data
5.3.1. Constant mobility
5.3.2. Field dependent mobility
5.3.3. Field and charge density activated mobility
5.3.4. Conclusion
5.4. Application: Transport characterization in organic semiconductors
5.4.1. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60
5.4.2. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60 – temperature variation
5.4.3. Hole transport in ZnPc:C60 – blend ratio variation
5.4.4. Hole transport in ZnPc:C70
5.4.5. Hole transport in neat ZnPc
5.4.6. Hole transport in F4-ZnPc:C60
5.4.7. Hole transport in DCV-5T-Me33:C60
5.4.8. Electron transport in ZnPc:C60
5.4.9. Electron transport in neat Bis-HFl-NTCDI
5.5. Summary and discussion of the results
5.5.1. Phthalocyanine:C60 blends
5.5.2. DCV-5T-Me33:C60
5.5.3. Conclusion
6. Organic solar cell characteristics: the influence of temperature
6.1. ZnPc:C60 solar cells
6.1.1. Temperature variation
6.1.2. Illumination intensity variation
6.2. Voc in flat and bulk heterojunction organic solar cells
6.2.1. Qualitative difference in Voc(I, T)
6.2.2. Interpretation of Voc(I, T)
6.3. BHJ stoichiometry variation
6.3.1. Voc upon variation of stoichiometry and contact layer
6.3.2. V0 upon stoichiometry variation
6.3.3. Low donor content stoichiometry
6.3.4. Conclusion from stoichiometry variation
6.4. Transport material variation
6.4.1. HTM variation
6.4.2. ETM variation
6.5. Donor:acceptor material variation
6.5.1. Donor variation
6.5.2. Acceptor variation
6.6. Conclusion
7. Summary and outlook
7.1. Summary
7.2. Outlook
A. Appendix
A.1. Energy pay-back of this thesis
A.2. Tables and registers
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