Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Poly(aniline‐co‐o‐toluidine) (PANI‐co‐POT) thin films were deposited on indium tin oxide‐ (ITO‐) coated glass substrates by electrochemical polymerization under cyclic voltammetric conditions from aniline‐co‐o‐toluidine monomer in an aqueous solution of HCl as a supporting electrolyte. These measurements showed that the optical band gap of the copolymer films is on the order of 2.65 eV. On the other hand, ITO/PANI‐co‐POT/Al devices were fabricated by thermal evaporation of Aluminum circular electrodes on the as‐deposited PANI‐co‐POT films. The Current‐Voltage characteristics of these devices are nonlinear. The diode parameters were calculated from I‐V characteristics using the modified Shockley equation. The C‐F characteristics were also measured.
DOI: 10.1155/2009/378086
Institutions: Cadi Ayyad University, Université Ibn-Tofail
Language: English
Subfield: Polymers and Plastics
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,000
OpenAlex ID: W2126407233