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Oxygen induced hysteretic current-voltage characteristics of iron-phthalocyanine thin films
S. Samanta, A. Singh, A.K. Debnath, D.K. Aswal, S.K. Gupta, J.V. Yakhmi, , S. Basu, S.K. Deshpande
Published in
2008
Volume: 104
   
Issue: 7
Abstract
Electrical transport has been investigated in amorphous and polycrystalline (α-phase) iron phthalocyanine (FePc) thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. Measurements carried out in the temperature range of 150-300 K showed hysteric current-voltage (I-V) characteristics at temperatures above 200 K. The I-V characteristics measured during the increasing voltage scan showed a transition from the Ohmic conduction to the trap controlled space charge limited conduction followed by a trap free conduction. During the decreasing voltage scan, trap free conduction was observed in full voltage range. The I-V hysteresis is attributed to the filling of deep surface traps created by chemisorbed oxygen. Amorphous films showed higher hysteresis as well as chemisorbed oxygen content. © 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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JournalJournal of Applied Physics
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