Optical and electrical properties of new organic thin film

This paper describes a new organic thin film (OTF) (50 nm) which was deposited by spin coated at room temperature. OTF has been constructed from chemically synthesized poly(pentachlorophenyl methacrylate- co -glycidyl methacrylate). Optical properties of the obtained poly(pentachlorophenyl methacrylate- co -glycidyl methacrylate) in solution were tested by ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy. The analysis of the optical absorption data revealed an existence of a direct and indirect transition optical band gap (E g ). The electrical properties of ITO/PEDOT:PSS/OTF/Al heterojunction structure has been investigated by forward and reverse bias current–voltage (I–V) measurements at room temperature. The main electrical parameters such as barrier height (Φ Bo ), ideality factor (n) and reverse saturation current (I o ) have been calculated by applying thermionic emission theory as 0.80 eV, 3.69, 1.86 × 10 −8 A respectively. Additionally, series resistance (R s ), Φ Bo and n were calculated from the forward bias I–V data using the methods of Cheung and Cheung with Norde and showed that these methods can be applied successfully for this structure.