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Pyrolyzed carbon film diodes
Kirstin C Morton1, Hideo Tokuhisa, Lane A Baker
1Department of Chemistry, Indiana University , 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
|October 5, 2013
Summary
Chemically doped pyrolyzed parylene C (PPC) demonstrates semiconductive properties, enabling the fabrication of functional diodes. This advancement highlights PPC
Area of Science:
- Materials Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Nanotechnology
Background:
- Pyrolyzed parylene C (PPC) is a known conductive carbon electrode material.
- PPC offers advantages like conformal coating of nanoscale features via chemical vapor deposition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate chemical surface doping of PPC.
- To characterize the doped PPC films.
- To fabricate and examine diodes using doped PPC.
Main Methods:
- Chemical surface doping of PPC films.
- Spectroscopic and electronic measurements for characterization.
- Fabrication of p-n heterojunction and Schottky barrier diodes.
Main Results:
- Successful chemical surface doping of PPC was achieved.
- Doped PPC films exhibited semiconductive properties.
- Constructed PPC diodes demonstrated half-wave rectification.
Conclusions:
- PPC can be chemically doped to achieve semiconducting behavior.
- Doped PPC is applicable for fabricating functional electronic devices, such as diodes.
- This research expands the utility of PPC in micro/nanoscale device fabrication.
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