Effect of donor gas presence in air on photovoltaic properties
of organic barrier structures

Ya.I.Vertsimakha and A.B.Verbitsky


Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
46 Nauki Ave., 252028 Kyiv, Ukraine

 Effect of donor gas (ethanol vapor or ammonia)  presence in air on the short-circuit photocurrent (Isc) has been investigated for barrier sandwich structures based on organic semiconductor- lead phthalocyanine. Value of  Isc change due to donor gas adsorption depends strongly  both  on the donor  gas molecular structure and on semiconductor polymorphic modification  type. In the presence of donor gas, Isc increase is observed in two frequency regions and two additional maxima are appeared on the frequency dependence of  Isc  ratio. Intensity of these marima rises increases with the donor gas concentration and is explained by donor type complex creation. A mechanism of the donor gas air mixture interaction with semiconductor film is proposed.

Back to Contents