<p>This thesis is based on experimental studies in chemical physics. Titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) and phthalocyanine’s (Pc’s), interesting in many future perspectives, have been deposited as thin films and studied as follows. Information has been obtained on e.g. molecular orientation, crystal structure, depth profile of the chemical composition, electrochemical properties and electronic structure. This has been achieved by means of a combination of techniques: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), density functional theory calculations (DFT), UV-visible absorption spectroscopy (UVVIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV).</p><p>Metal-free phthalcyanine (H<sub>2</sub>Pc) has been shown to form films with different crystal structure and molecular orientation depending on deposition method, evaporation/sublimation or powder deposition, on commercial conducting glass (fluorine doped tin oxide, FTO), which is used e.g. in solar cells and organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). The unoccupied molecular orbitals are divided in x, y and z space coordinates of the molecule and also divided in inequivalent nitrogen components. </p><p>The electronic structure is also studied for a sublimated titanyl phthalocyanine (TiOPc) film and related to the metal-free phthalocyanine. The ligand field around the titanium atom in TiOPc is compared with that of TiO<sub>2</sub> to delineate the unoccupied levels recorded by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy.</p><p>Nanostructured TiO<sub>2</sub> films were manufactured by screen printing/doctor blading on FTO. Such films were additionally covered with lutetium diphthalocyanine (LuPc<sub>2</sub>) by means of surface assembly from solution. LuPc<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>, LuPc<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup> and LuPc<sub>2</sub>H were identified and the stability of the electrochromic reactions in this system was monitored.</p><p>Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has been used to grow nanometer sized anatase TiO<sub>2</sub> crystals on pre-oxidized Si (111) without formation of interfacial carbon and with an interface layer of the size of 15- 25Å. The interface layer was found to be amorphous TiSi<sub>x</sub>O<sub>y</sub> with graded stoichiometry. </p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-4802 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Alfredsson, Ylvi |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Physics, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary, text |
| Relation | Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, 1651-6214 ; 16 |
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