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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Interfacial Electronic Structure of Dipolar Vanadyl Naphthalocyanine Thin Films

Steele, Mary P. January 2011 (has links)
The studies presented in this work are aimed towards a better understanding of the fundamental physics of the electrode/organic molecule interface in both the ground and excited state manifolds. Systematic investigations of single systems using two-photon photoemission (TPPE) and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) were undertaken in order to assess the evolution of the electronic structure and molecular organization at the interface. The adsorbate molecule vanadyl naphthalocyanine (VONc) was used whose properties are well-suited to this purpose. Interfacial electronic states of thin films of VONc were studied with two different substrates: highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and Au(111).The substrate of HOPG is a surface which does not possess reactive dangling bonds and the electron density close to the Fermi edge is very low, permitting high resolution spectroscopic band analysis of VONc and revealing subtle changes to the electronic structure. From interfacial studies of this weakly interacting substrate/ adsorbate system, it is shown in this work that molecular electronic levels in both the ground and excited state manifolds can shift independently of the vacuum level. Further, electron transfer between close lying electron donor and acceptor energy levels may be influenced by energy level shifts caused by depolarization effects as a function of dipole density.The VONc/Au(111) interface is investigated in order to examine energy level alignment in a system with the additional complexity of molecule/substrate interactions. The electron rich Au(111) surface leads to a strong interface dipole upon addition of VONc. Joint experimental and computational data is presented showing that the underlying cause of this interface dipole is Pauli repulsion. Additionally, investigations of energy level alignment in the excited state manifold are presented and the possibility of quantum interference is discussed.The interfacial electronic structure is quite different among these two model systems. The interfacial alignment observed in the HOPG/VONc system was largely due to depolarization of the intrinsic molecular dipole as a function of density, whereas the Au(111)/VONc interface is dominated by interfacial Pauli repulsion interactions.
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Charge Carrier Trap Spectroscopy on Organic Hole Transport Materials

Pahner, Paul 25 January 2017 (has links) (PDF)
Electronic circuits comprising organic semiconductor thin-films are part of promising technologies for a renewable power generation and an energy-efficient information technology. Whereas TV and mobile phone applications of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) got ready for the market awhile ago, organic photovoltaics still lack in power conversion efficiencies, especially in relation to their current fabrication costs. A major reason for the low efficiencies are losses due to the large number of charge carrier traps in organic semiconductors as compared to silicon. It is the aim of this thesis to identify and quantify charge carrier traps in vacuum-deposited organic semiconductor thin-films and comprehend the reasons for the trap formation. For that, the techniques impedance spectroscopy (IS), thermally stimulated currents (TSC), and photoelectron spectroscopy are utilized. In order to assess the absolute energy of charge carrier traps, the charge carrier transport levels are computed for various hole transport materials such as MeO-TPD, pentacene, and ZnPc. Unlike inorganics, organic semiconductors possess in first-order approximation Gaussian distributed densities of states and temperaturedependent transport levels. The latter shift by up to 300 meV towards the energy gap-mid when changing from room temperature to 10 K as it is done for TSC examinations. The frequency-dependent capacitance response of charge carrier traps in organic Schottky diodes of pentacene and ZnPc are studied via impedance spectroscopy. In undoped systems, deep traps with depths of approx. 0.6 eV and densities in the order of 1016...1017 cm−3 are prevailing. For pentacene, the deep trap density is reduced when the material undergoes an additional purification step. Utilizing p-doping, the Fermi level is tuned in a way that deep traps are saturated. Vice versa, the freeze-out of p-doped ZnPc provides further insight into the influence of trap-filling, impurity saturation and reserve on the Fermi level position in organic semiconductors. Furthermore, charge carrier traps are investigated via thermally stimulated currents. It is shown that the trap depths are obtained correctly only if the dispersive transport of the released charge carriers until their extraction is considered. For the first time, the polarity of charge carrier traps in MeO-TPD, ZnPc, and m-MTDATA is identified from TSC’s differences in release time when spacer layers are introduced in the TSC samples. Simultaneously, tiny hole mobilities in the order of 10−13 cm2 Vs−1 are detected for low-temperature thin-films of the hole transporter material Spiro-TTB. It is shown for Spiro-TTB co-evaporated with the acceptor molecule F6-TCNNQ and a p-doped ZnPc:C60 absorber blend that the doping process creates shallow trap levels. Finally, various organic hole transport materials are examined upon their stability in water and oxygen atmosphere during sample fabrication and storage of the organic electronics. In case of pentacene, ZnPc, MeO-TPD, and m-MTDATA, hole traps are already present in unexposed thin-films, which increase in trap density upon oxygen exposure. A global trap level caused by oxygen impurities is found at energies of 4.7...4.8 eV that is detrimental to hole transport in organic semiconductors. / Elektronische Bauelemente aus Dünnschichten organischer Halbleiter sind Teil möglicher Schlüsseltechnologien zur regenerativen Energiegewinnung und energieeffizienten Informationstechnik. Während Fernseh- und Mobilfunkanwendungen organischer Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) bereits vor einiger Zeit Marktreife erlangt haben, ist die organische Photovoltaik (OPV) noch durch zu hohe Fertigungskosten in Relation zu unzureichenden Effizienzen unrentabel. Ein wesentlicher Grund für die niedrigen Wirkungsgrade sind Verluste durch die im Vergleich zu Silizium hohe Zahl an Ladungsträgerfallen in organischen Halbleitern. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, mittels Impedanz-Spektroskopie (IS), thermisch stimulierten Strömen (TSC) und Photoelektronenspektroskopie methodenübergreifend Ladungsträgerfallen in vakuumverdampften organischen Dünnschichten zu identifizieren, zu quantifizieren und ihre Ursachen zu ergründen. Um die Energie von Ladungsträgerfallen absolut beziffern zu können, wird zunächst für verschiedene Lochtransportmaterialien wie z.B. MeO-TPD, Pentazen und ZnPc die Transportenergie aus den in erster Ordnung gaußförmigen Zustandsdichten berechnet. Im Gegensatz zu anorganischen Halbleitern ist die Transportenergie in organischen Halbleitern temperaturabhängig. Sie verschiebt sich beim Übergang von Raumtemperatur zu 10 K, wie für TSC Untersuchungen bedeutsam, um bis zu 300 meV in Richtung der Bandlückenmitte. Mittels Impedanz-Spektroskopie wird die frequenzabhängige Kapazitätsantwort von Ladungsträgerfallen in organischen Schottky-Dioden aus Pentazen und ZnPc untersucht. In undotierten Systemen dominieren Defekte mit Tiefen um 0.6 eV, deren Dichte in der Größenordnung von 1016...1017 cm−3 liegt, sich aber im Fall von Pentazen durch einen zusätzlichen Materialaufreinigungsschritt halbieren lässt. Über p-Dotierung wird das Fermi-Level so eingestellt, dass tiefe Fallen abgesättigt werden können. Umgekehrt liefert das Ausfrieren von p-dotiertem ZnPc weitere Belege für den Einfluss von Fallenzuständen, Störstellen-Erschöpfung und Reserve auf das Fermi-Level in dotierten organischen Halbleitern. Im Weiteren werden Ladungsträgerfallen über thermisch stimulierte Ströme untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Fallentiefen nur dann konsistent bestimmt werden, wenn der dispersive Transport von freigesetzten Ladungsträgern zur Extraktionsstelle berücksichtigt wird. Durch Einführung von ’Abstandshalterschichten’ werden erstmalig über TSC die Polaritäten von Ladungsträgerfallen in MeO-TPD, ZnPc und m-MTDATA per Laufzeitunterschied bestimmt. Gleichzeitig werden geringste Löcherbeweglichkeiten in der Größenordnung von 10−13 cm2 Vs−1 für stark gekühlte Dünnschichten des Lochtransporters Spiro-TTB gemessen. Wie für Spiro-TTB koverdampft mit dem Akzeptormolekül F6-TCNNQ und p-dotierte Mischschichten der Absorbermaterialien ZnPc und C60 gezeigt, erzeugt Dotierung relativ flache Störstellen. Abschließend werden verschiedene organische Lochtransporter-Materialien auf ihre Stabilität in Wasser- und Sauerstoffatmosphären während der Prozessierung und der Lagerung fertiger elektronischer Bauelemente untersucht. Für Pentazen, ZnPc, MeO-TPD und m-MTDATA werden Löcherfallen in intrinsischen Dünnschichten nachgewiesen. Bei Kontakt mit Sauerstoff nimmt deren Defektdichte zu. Es findet sich ein universales Fallenniveau bei rund 4.7...4.8 eV, verursacht durch Sauerstoffverunreinigungen, welches den Lochtransport in organischen Halbleitern limitiert.
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Charakterizace elektronických vlastností nanodrátů pro elektrochemii / Characterization of electronic properties of nanowires for electrochemistry

Kovařík, Martin January 2019 (has links)
Elektrochemické metody nacházejí využití v mnoha aplikacích (např. senzorice, skladování el. energie nebo katalýze). Jejich nespornou výhodou je nízká finanční náročnost na přístrojové vybavení. Abychom lépe porozuměli procesům probíhajícím na elektrodách, je dobré znát elektronickou pásovou strukturu materiálu elektrody. Úkolem této práce je vyhodnotit výstupní práci a pozici hrany valenčního pásu nových materiálů pro elektrody, konkrétně cínem dopovaného oxidu india pokrytého nanotrubicemi sulfidu wolframičitého. Ultrafialová fotoelektronová spektroskopie a Kelvinova silová mikroskopie jsou metody použité pro tuto analýzu. Zvláštní důraz je kladen na přípravu vzorků elektrod pro měření, aby nedošlo k nesprávné interpretaci výsledků vlivem vnějších efektů jako je např. kontaminace nebo modifikace povrchu.
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Charge Carrier Trap Spectroscopy on Organic Hole Transport Materials

Pahner, Paul 16 September 2016 (has links)
Electronic circuits comprising organic semiconductor thin-films are part of promising technologies for a renewable power generation and an energy-efficient information technology. Whereas TV and mobile phone applications of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) got ready for the market awhile ago, organic photovoltaics still lack in power conversion efficiencies, especially in relation to their current fabrication costs. A major reason for the low efficiencies are losses due to the large number of charge carrier traps in organic semiconductors as compared to silicon. It is the aim of this thesis to identify and quantify charge carrier traps in vacuum-deposited organic semiconductor thin-films and comprehend the reasons for the trap formation. For that, the techniques impedance spectroscopy (IS), thermally stimulated currents (TSC), and photoelectron spectroscopy are utilized. In order to assess the absolute energy of charge carrier traps, the charge carrier transport levels are computed for various hole transport materials such as MeO-TPD, pentacene, and ZnPc. Unlike inorganics, organic semiconductors possess in first-order approximation Gaussian distributed densities of states and temperaturedependent transport levels. The latter shift by up to 300 meV towards the energy gap-mid when changing from room temperature to 10 K as it is done for TSC examinations. The frequency-dependent capacitance response of charge carrier traps in organic Schottky diodes of pentacene and ZnPc are studied via impedance spectroscopy. In undoped systems, deep traps with depths of approx. 0.6 eV and densities in the order of 1016...1017 cm−3 are prevailing. For pentacene, the deep trap density is reduced when the material undergoes an additional purification step. Utilizing p-doping, the Fermi level is tuned in a way that deep traps are saturated. Vice versa, the freeze-out of p-doped ZnPc provides further insight into the influence of trap-filling, impurity saturation and reserve on the Fermi level position in organic semiconductors. Furthermore, charge carrier traps are investigated via thermally stimulated currents. It is shown that the trap depths are obtained correctly only if the dispersive transport of the released charge carriers until their extraction is considered. For the first time, the polarity of charge carrier traps in MeO-TPD, ZnPc, and m-MTDATA is identified from TSC’s differences in release time when spacer layers are introduced in the TSC samples. Simultaneously, tiny hole mobilities in the order of 10−13 cm2 Vs−1 are detected for low-temperature thin-films of the hole transporter material Spiro-TTB. It is shown for Spiro-TTB co-evaporated with the acceptor molecule F6-TCNNQ and a p-doped ZnPc:C60 absorber blend that the doping process creates shallow trap levels. Finally, various organic hole transport materials are examined upon their stability in water and oxygen atmosphere during sample fabrication and storage of the organic electronics. In case of pentacene, ZnPc, MeO-TPD, and m-MTDATA, hole traps are already present in unexposed thin-films, which increase in trap density upon oxygen exposure. A global trap level caused by oxygen impurities is found at energies of 4.7...4.8 eV that is detrimental to hole transport in organic semiconductors. / Elektronische Bauelemente aus Dünnschichten organischer Halbleiter sind Teil möglicher Schlüsseltechnologien zur regenerativen Energiegewinnung und energieeffizienten Informationstechnik. Während Fernseh- und Mobilfunkanwendungen organischer Leuchtdioden (OLEDs) bereits vor einiger Zeit Marktreife erlangt haben, ist die organische Photovoltaik (OPV) noch durch zu hohe Fertigungskosten in Relation zu unzureichenden Effizienzen unrentabel. Ein wesentlicher Grund für die niedrigen Wirkungsgrade sind Verluste durch die im Vergleich zu Silizium hohe Zahl an Ladungsträgerfallen in organischen Halbleitern. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, mittels Impedanz-Spektroskopie (IS), thermisch stimulierten Strömen (TSC) und Photoelektronenspektroskopie methodenübergreifend Ladungsträgerfallen in vakuumverdampften organischen Dünnschichten zu identifizieren, zu quantifizieren und ihre Ursachen zu ergründen. Um die Energie von Ladungsträgerfallen absolut beziffern zu können, wird zunächst für verschiedene Lochtransportmaterialien wie z.B. MeO-TPD, Pentazen und ZnPc die Transportenergie aus den in erster Ordnung gaußförmigen Zustandsdichten berechnet. Im Gegensatz zu anorganischen Halbleitern ist die Transportenergie in organischen Halbleitern temperaturabhängig. Sie verschiebt sich beim Übergang von Raumtemperatur zu 10 K, wie für TSC Untersuchungen bedeutsam, um bis zu 300 meV in Richtung der Bandlückenmitte. Mittels Impedanz-Spektroskopie wird die frequenzabhängige Kapazitätsantwort von Ladungsträgerfallen in organischen Schottky-Dioden aus Pentazen und ZnPc untersucht. In undotierten Systemen dominieren Defekte mit Tiefen um 0.6 eV, deren Dichte in der Größenordnung von 1016...1017 cm−3 liegt, sich aber im Fall von Pentazen durch einen zusätzlichen Materialaufreinigungsschritt halbieren lässt. Über p-Dotierung wird das Fermi-Level so eingestellt, dass tiefe Fallen abgesättigt werden können. Umgekehrt liefert das Ausfrieren von p-dotiertem ZnPc weitere Belege für den Einfluss von Fallenzuständen, Störstellen-Erschöpfung und Reserve auf das Fermi-Level in dotierten organischen Halbleitern. Im Weiteren werden Ladungsträgerfallen über thermisch stimulierte Ströme untersucht. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Fallentiefen nur dann konsistent bestimmt werden, wenn der dispersive Transport von freigesetzten Ladungsträgern zur Extraktionsstelle berücksichtigt wird. Durch Einführung von ’Abstandshalterschichten’ werden erstmalig über TSC die Polaritäten von Ladungsträgerfallen in MeO-TPD, ZnPc und m-MTDATA per Laufzeitunterschied bestimmt. Gleichzeitig werden geringste Löcherbeweglichkeiten in der Größenordnung von 10−13 cm2 Vs−1 für stark gekühlte Dünnschichten des Lochtransporters Spiro-TTB gemessen. Wie für Spiro-TTB koverdampft mit dem Akzeptormolekül F6-TCNNQ und p-dotierte Mischschichten der Absorbermaterialien ZnPc und C60 gezeigt, erzeugt Dotierung relativ flache Störstellen. Abschließend werden verschiedene organische Lochtransporter-Materialien auf ihre Stabilität in Wasser- und Sauerstoffatmosphären während der Prozessierung und der Lagerung fertiger elektronischer Bauelemente untersucht. Für Pentazen, ZnPc, MeO-TPD und m-MTDATA werden Löcherfallen in intrinsischen Dünnschichten nachgewiesen. Bei Kontakt mit Sauerstoff nimmt deren Defektdichte zu. Es findet sich ein universales Fallenniveau bei rund 4.7...4.8 eV, verursacht durch Sauerstoffverunreinigungen, welches den Lochtransport in organischen Halbleitern limitiert.
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Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Atoms, Molecules and Clusters : The Geometric and Electronic Structure Studied by Synchrotron Radiation and Lasers

Rander, Torbjörn January 2007 (has links)
<p>Atoms, molecules and clusters all constitute building blocks of macroscopic matter. Therefore, understanding the electronic and geometrical properties of such systems is the key to understanding the properties of solid state objects.</p><p>In this thesis, some atomic, molecular and cluster systems (clusters of O<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>3</sub>Br, Ar/O<sub>2</sub>, Ar/Xe and Ar/Kr; dimers of Na; Na and K atoms) have been investigated using synchrotron radiation, and in the two last instances, laser light. We have performed x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on all of these systems. We have also applied ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), resonant Auger spectroscopy (RAS) and near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) to study many of the systems. Calculations using <i>ab initio</i> methods, namely density functional theory (DFT) and Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP), were employed for electronic structure calculations. The geometrical structure was studied using a combination of <i>ab initio</i> and molecular dynamics (MD) methods.</p><p>Results on the dissociation behavior of CH<sub>3</sub>Br and O<sub>2</sub> molecules in clusters are presented. The dissociation of the Na<sub>2</sub> molecule has been characterized and the molecular field splitting of the Na 2<i>p</i> level in the dimer has been measured. The molecular field splitting of the CH<sub>3</sub>Br 3<i>d</i> level has been measured and the structure of CH<sub>3</sub>Br clusters has been determined to be similar to the structure of the bulk solid. The diffusion behavior of O<sub>2</sub>, Kr and Xe on large Ar clusters, as a function of doping rate, has been investigated. The shake-down process has been observed from excited states of Na and K. Laser excited Na atoms have been shown to be magnetically aligned. The shake-down process was used to characterize the origin of various final states that can be observed in the spectrum of ground-state K.</p>
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Photoelectron Spectroscopy on Atoms, Molecules and Clusters : The Geometric and Electronic Structure Studied by Synchrotron Radiation and Lasers

Rander, Torbjörn January 2007 (has links)
Atoms, molecules and clusters all constitute building blocks of macroscopic matter. Therefore, understanding the electronic and geometrical properties of such systems is the key to understanding the properties of solid state objects. In this thesis, some atomic, molecular and cluster systems (clusters of O2, CH3Br, Ar/O2, Ar/Xe and Ar/Kr; dimers of Na; Na and K atoms) have been investigated using synchrotron radiation, and in the two last instances, laser light. We have performed x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on all of these systems. We have also applied ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS), resonant Auger spectroscopy (RAS) and near-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) to study many of the systems. Calculations using ab initio methods, namely density functional theory (DFT) and Møller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP), were employed for electronic structure calculations. The geometrical structure was studied using a combination of ab initio and molecular dynamics (MD) methods. Results on the dissociation behavior of CH3Br and O2 molecules in clusters are presented. The dissociation of the Na2 molecule has been characterized and the molecular field splitting of the Na 2p level in the dimer has been measured. The molecular field splitting of the CH3Br 3d level has been measured and the structure of CH3Br clusters has been determined to be similar to the structure of the bulk solid. The diffusion behavior of O2, Kr and Xe on large Ar clusters, as a function of doping rate, has been investigated. The shake-down process has been observed from excited states of Na and K. Laser excited Na atoms have been shown to be magnetically aligned. The shake-down process was used to characterize the origin of various final states that can be observed in the spectrum of ground-state K.

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