Analysis of rectifying behavior of novel ball-type binuclear phthalocyanine based devices

Ayşegül Yazici, Ceyda Özkan, M. Birkan Gezer, Ahmet Altindal*, Bekir Salih, Özer Bekaroǧlu

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Abstract

A new mono substituted derivatives 1 and 2 were prepared by a nucleophilic displacement reaction of 4-nitrophthalonitrile with pyridine-2, 6-dimethylol. Novel metallophthalocyanines 3-4 (M = Zn, Co respectively), and ball-type binuclear phthalocyanines 5-6 with four peripheral pyridine-2, 6-dimethyloxy groups were synthesized by cyclotetramerization of the phthalonitrile and characterized by elemental analyses, FT-IR, 1H NMR, UV-Vis and MALDI-TOF MS spectral data. The effects of molecular structure on the charge transport properties of novel metallophthalocyanines 3-4 and ball-type binuclear phthalocyanines 5-6 with four peripheral pyridine-2, 6-dimethyloxy groups based devices are investigated using I-V measurements. From our study, we found that ball type films showed an enhanced mobility of nearly ten times that of typical mono Pcs. At low voltages (V < 1V) all the films showed an ohmic conduction, whereas at higher voltage (V > 1V) levels the conduction is dominated by space charged limited conduction (SCLC) with exponential distribution of trapping levels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)40-48
Number of pages9
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume404
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We would like to thank Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (Project No-2209), Research Fund of Yıldız Technical University (2012-01-01KAP: 04) and the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA). We also thank Prof. Dr. A. Şengül and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Odabaş for their valuable contributions.

FundersFunder number
TUBA
TÜBİTAK
Yıldız Technical University
Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi

    Keywords

    • Mobility
    • Phthalocyanine
    • Rectifying
    • Space charge limited conductivity

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