Electrical conductivity of the polycrystalline films of p-terphenyl

S. W. Tkaczyk

doi:10.1117/12.344742

8 April 1999 Electrical conductivity of the polycrystalline films of p-terphenyl

S. W. Tkaczyk

Proceedings Volume 3725, International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98: Epilayers and Heterostructures in Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Technology; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344742
Event: International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98, 1998, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

Some results of p-terphenyl thin films investigations are presented. The mechanism of DC conductivity within unordered polycrystalline structures of p-terphenyl was investigated. The measurements were carried out for p-terphenyl films' thickness varying from 2 micrometers up to 15 micrometers . During the experiment the polarization voltage and temperature were changed from 0 to 200 V and 15 to 325 K, respectively. The p-terphenyl films were supplied with gold and aluminum electrodes. The obtained results and their analysis indicate that the injection of charge from the electrodes into the area of the investigated material proceeds by field- and thermoemission. The charge transport through the material's bulk is controlled by traps (hopping mechanism and Poole- Frenkel phenomenon). The determined values of the activation energy are in the range of kT (for the hopping area at low temperatures) through 0.06 eV in the range of 100 - 200 K to about 0.6 eV in the metallic conductivity area (220 - 320 K).

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S. W. Tkaczyk "Electrical conductivity of the polycrystalline films of p-terphenyl", Proc. SPIE 3725, International Conference on Solid State Crystals '98: Epilayers and Heterostructures in Optoelectronics and Semiconductor Technology, (8 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.344742

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