ELECTROMODULATED ABSORPTION-SPECTROSCOPY OF CHARGE-CARRIERS IN ALPHA-SEXITHIOPHENE THIN-FILMS

被引:17
作者
CHARRA, F [1 ]
LAVIE, MP [1 ]
LORIN, A [1 ]
FICHOU, D [1 ]
机构
[1] CNRS,UPR 241,MAT MOLEC LAB,F-94320 THIAIS,FRANCE
关键词
SPECTROSCOPY; SEXITHIOPHENE; FILMS;
D O I
10.1016/0379-6779(94)90287-9
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We have realized two types of metal-insulator-semiconductor devices with alpha-sexithiophene as the semiconductor: one with a polymeric insulator and one with a mineral one. Both electromodulated absorption spectra present a sharp peak at 1.50 eV, corresponding to an absorption cross section of 4 X 10(-17) cm2 per injected charge (epsilon = 10(4) 1 mol-1 cm-1). By comparison with chemical-doping experiments we show that, in both devices, the charges are stored as radical cations (model polarons). The quantitative results are discussed with the help of a precise optical model of the multilayer structure.
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页数:5
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