Author: Jing Guo
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Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: Dongho Kim
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Languages : en
Pages : 85

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Indium tin oxide serve a critical function in many organic devices, such as organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaics. To optimize the performances of these devices, it is desirable to tune the interface between the indium tin oxide and the next functional layer of these devices. A common surface modification of transparent conductive oxides is through the use of self-assembled monolayers. This methodology enables a simultaneously tuning of the properties and performance of this interface, including the surface energy, work function and durability of the transparent conductive oxide. Phosphonic acid and silane based monolayers have been extensively studied and used in devices for their ability to tune the interfacial properties of transparent conductive oxide. Herein, alcohol based monolayers are first demonstrated on transparent conductive oxide surfaces. The electrochemical and chemical stabilities of alcohol based monolayers, as well as changes in the optical properties of the Indium tin oxide as a function of their stability were evaluated in comparison to more traditional routes of surface modification, such as through the use of silanes and phosphonic acid based monolayers. The tunability of both work function and surface energy of the modified Indium tin oxide were also determined for assessing their electronic properties.

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Author: Hongyu Yu
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Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) have attracted a wide spread interest due to their potential applications in multicolor flat panel displays. OLEDs are essentially one or several organic thin film semiconductors sandwiched between two electrodes. The charge carrier injection efficiency of OLEDs is affected by the energy barrier height at the interfaces between thin layers in the device. Indium tin oxide (ITO) is used as the anode for injection of holes into highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) of the organic semiconductors in OLEDs. This thesis deals mainly with surface modification of ITO. By surface modification, the work function of ITO could be increased, and hence the energy barrier between Fermi level of the anode and HOMO of the organic semiconductor is decreased. Accordingly, the drive voltage of OLEDs could be reduced. ITO surfaces were modified by oxygen, ammonia, and argon plasma respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has been used to characterize these surfaces. A surface band-bending model is proposed based on the XPS information. This band model successfully explains the change in work function of ITO after plasma treatment. Hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) films deposited by ethylene plasma under various conditions were also studied in this thesis. The distribution of 'sp'3 and 'sp'2 bonding in these films was investigated using XPS and x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES). The factors affecting the structure of the a-C:H films are discussed.

Author: Guanhua Feng
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Category : Metallic oxides
Languages : en
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The synthesis and characterization of some phosphonic acids as well as the modification of indium tin oxide (ITO) substrates using these phosphonic acids are presented in this thesis. Phosphonic acids have been known to bind strongly to the surface of a number of metal oxides. ITO substrates were reported to be modified with a variety of surface modifiers. Herein the ITO substrates were modified with the chosen phosphonic acids with different functional groups in order to tune the work function and compare the work function changes with the functional group properties.

Author: Pete Sheldon
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Category : Indium phosphide
Languages : en
Pages : 7

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Indium tin oxide (ITO)/InP solar cells have achieved efficiencies of over 14%. Several previous studies have attempted to characterize the ITO/InP junction. In all cases, the electrical properties of this device have been linked to possible compositional changes at or near the interface region. Various models of the junction have been proposed, including the SIS and buried homojunction structures. In this paper, we examine the compositional changes at the InP surface due to ion beam deposition of ITO, using ion microprobe measurements.

Author: Chet Carter
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Pages : 648

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This dissertation has focused on the study of the ITO/organic heterojunction and the chemistries therein, it proposes appropriate strategies that enhance the interfacial physical and electronic properties for charge injection with application to organic thin-layer devices. We focused on four major aspects of this work: i) To characterize the ITO surface and chemistries that may be pertinent to interaction with adjacent organic layers in a device configuration. This developed a working model of surface and provided a foundation for modification strategies. Characterization of the electronic properties of the surface indicate less than 5% of the geometrical surface is responsible for the bulk of current flow while the rest is electrically inactive. ii) To determine the extent to which these chemistries are variable and propose circumstances where compositional changes can occur. It is shown that the surface chemistry of ITO is heterogeneous and possible very dynamic with respect to the surrounding environment. iii) To propose a strategy for modification of the interface. Modification of ITO surfaces by small molecules containing carboxylic acid functionalities is investigated. Enhancements in the electron transfer rate coefficient were realized after modification of the ITO electrode. The enhancements are found to stem from a light etching mechanism. Additionally, an elecro-catalytic effect was observed with some of the modifiers. iv) Apply these modifications to organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs). Enhancements seen in solution electrochemical experiments are indicative of the enhancements seen for solid state devices. Modifications resulted in substantially lower leakage currents (3 orders of magnitude in some cases) as well as nearly doubling the efficiency. An additional chapter describesthe creation and characterization of electrochemically grown polymer nano-structures based on blazed angle diffraction gratings. The discussion details the micro-contact printing process and the electro-catalytic growth of the conductive polymers PANI and PEDOT to form diffraction grating structures in their own right. The resulting diffraction efficiency of these structures is shown to be sensitive to environmental conditions outlining possible uses as chemical sensors. This is demonstrated by utilizing these structures as working pH and potentiometric sensors based on the changing diffraction efficiency.

Author: Luis E. Oquendo Galarza
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Languages : en
Pages : 217

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The overall efficiency of organic photovoltaics cells (OPVs) is influenced by the nature of the charge injection barrier at the transparent conducting oxide (TCO) bottom contact. Modification of the transparent conducting oxide (TCO)/organic interface with an electroactive molecular monolayer will potentially create a robust ohmic contact that will influence the efficiency of hole injection into the TCO. Asymmetric zinc Phthalocyanines (ZnPc) with a flexible phosphonic acid (PA) linker have been synthesized and used to modify indium tin oxide (ITO) surfaces. The adsorption of PA functionalized asymmetric ZnPcs on an ITO/waveguide was monitored using attenuated total reflectance (ATR) spectroscopy. Polarized dependent ATR spectroscopy was used to determine the orientation of these absorbed subpopulations species on ITO modified surfaces as a function of wavelength using transverse electric (TE) or transverse magnetic (TM) polarized light. The first oxidation potential on absorbed monolayers was found by cyclic voltammetry to be resolved into two peaks indicative of two electrochemically distinct subpopulations of molecules, atributed to aggregates and monomerics forms of PA functionalized ZnPcs. Potential modulated ATR (PM-ATR) spectroelechtrochemistry was employed to measure the charge transfer rates constants (k(s, app)) at ITO modified surfaces using TE and TM polarized light. Faster charge transfer rate constants were found for molecules with a smaller tunneling distance. A k(s, app) of 3.9 x 104 s−1 represents the fastest rate measured for PA functionalized ZnPc chromophore tethered to an ITO waveguide electrode by PM-ATR. We synthesized and characterized the first examples of PA functionalized RuPcs to investigate the effect of molecular orientation on charge transfer properties at an ITO/organic interface. PA functionalized RuPcs have the ability to coordinate axial ligand to suppress aggregation, providing the flexibility of connecting the anchoring group through the axial position of the metal and allowing chemisorption of the molecule in plane with ITO. Cyclic voltammetry and ATR UV/vis spectroscopy on the modified ITO surface demonstrated a surface composition of a closed-packed monolayer of monomeric species. Measurement of the charge transfer rates constants demonstrated that RuPc anchored to ITO exhibited slow rates compared to corresponding surface bound ZnPcs. Finally, we describe the synthesis and characterization of a new PA functionalized N-pyridinyl perylenediimide (PDI)-RuPc donor-acceptor dyad capable of chemisorption to ITO surfaces as a molecular-level heterojunction system to study photo induced charge separated states. The developed ensemble was proven to be stable on ITO for further study of charge injection events from the dyad to the oxide surface.

Author: Wolfgang Kaim
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 0854045503
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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A practical guidebook illustrating the applications of spectroelectrochemistry to the understanding of redox reactions through identification of their intermediaries and products.

Author: K. L. Mittal
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1394231016
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 596

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POLYMER SURFACE MODIFICATION TO ENHANCE ADHESION This unique, comprehensive and groundbreaking book is the first on this important subject. Polymer Surface Modification to Enhance Adhesion comprises 13 chapters and is divided into two parts: Part 1: Energetic Treatments; and Part 2: Chemical Treatments. Topics covered include atmospheric pressure plasma treatment of polymers to enhance adhesion; corona treatment of polymer surfaces to enhance adhesion; flame surface treatment of polymers to enhance adhesion; vacuum UV photo-oxidation of polymer surfaces to enhance adhesion; optimization of adhesion of polymers using photochemical surface modification UV/Ozone surface treatment of polymers to enhance adhesion; adhesion enhancement of polymer surfaces by ion beam treatment; polymer surface modification by charged particles; laser surface modification of polymeric materials; competition in adhesion between polysort and monosort functionalized polyolefinic surfaces; amine-terminated dendritic materials for polymer surface modification; arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) modification of polymer surfaces; and adhesion promoters for polymer surfaces. Audience The book will be of great interest to polymer scientists, surface scientists, adhesionists, materials scientists, plastics engineers, and to those involved in adhesive bonding, packaging, printing, painting, metallization, biological adhesion, biomedical devices, and polymer composites.