Determination of the optical GAP in thin films of amorphous dilithium phthalocyanine using the Tauc and Cody models

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 10000-10013

  Sánchez Vergara, María Elena ^a   Alonso Huitron, Juan Carlos ^b   Rodriguez Gómez, Arturo ^b   Reider Burstin, Jerry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANÁHUAC   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Organic semiconductors; Thin films

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINOANTHRAQUINONE; 2,6-DIAMINOANTHRAQUINONE; 2,6-DIHYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAFLAVIC ACID; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALOCYANINE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION; ANTHRAQUINONES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDOLES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866944662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules170910000     Document Type: Article

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