Iodine doped polyaniline thin film for heterostructure devices via PECVD technique: Morphological, structural, and electrical properties

  • Sadia Ameen
  • , Minwu Song
  • , Don Gyu Kim
  • , Yu Bin Im
  • , Hyung Kee Seo
  • , Young Soon Kim*
  • , Hyung Shik Shin
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The deposition of undoped and iodine (I 2)-doped polyaniline (PANI) on TiO 2 thin film was carried out using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) under different power inputs for the fabrication of p-polyaniline/n-TiO 2 heterostructure devices. The increment in the size of TiO 2 nanoparticles was observed after I 2 doping by PECVD. The crystalline properties were altered upon I 2 doping, suggesting a subtractive interaction between PANI and I 2 moieties during PECVD. The significant changes in the structural and optical properties confirmed the I 2 doping of PANI with strong bonding to the TiO 2 nanomaterials. The existence of hydrogen bonding between the imine (-NH) of PANI and the hydroxyl (-OH) group of TiO 2 nanomaterials was investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization. A device fabricated by PANI/TiO 2 or I 2-PANI/TiO 2 thin film with a top platinum (Pt) layer exhibited nonlinear behavior of current (I)-voltage (V) curve, i.e., moderate diode behavior. Compared to the Pt/PANI/TiO 2 heterostructure device, the Pt/I 2-PANI/TiO 2 heterostructure device showed improved I-V properties with a considerably higher current of 0.050 mA, which might be attributed to the I 2 doping-induced generation of large numbers of polarons in the PANI bandgap.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-36
Number of pages7
JournalMacromolecular Research
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012.01

Keywords

  • electrical properties
  • iodine
  • plasma polymerization
  • polyaniline
  • TiO

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Petroleum
  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Chemistry

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