Post Deposition Annealing Effects on Optical, Electrical and Morphological Studies of ZnTTBPc Thin Films

• Main Authors: B. R. Rejitha, C. S. Menon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
• Series: E-Journal of Chemistry
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/340684

Phthalocyanines (Pcs) act as efficient absorbants of photons in the visible region, specifically between 600 and 700 nm. It will produce an excited triplet state. In this paper we report the annealing effects of optical, electrical and surface morphological properties of thermal evaporated Zinc-tetra-tert-butyl-29H, 31H phthalocyanine (ZnTTBPc) thin films. The optical transmittance measurements were done in the visible region (400-800 nm) and, films were found to be absorbing in nature. From spectral data the absorption coefficient α, dielectric constant ε and the extinction coefficient k were evaluated and, results discussed. Also the optical band gap of the material was estimated. The activation energies were measured. Scanning electron microscopic studies was carried out to determine surface uniformity of films.