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Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 7Photoconductivity Kinetics in Agin5s8< Thin Films(Elsevier Science Sa, 2010) Qasrawi, A. F.; Kayed, T. S.; Ercan, IsmailThe temperature (T) and illumination intensity (F) effects on the photoconductivity of as grown and heat-treated AgIn5S8 thin films has been investigated. At fixed illumination intensity, in the temperature region of 40-300K, the photocurrent (I-ph) of the films was observed to decrease with decreasing temperature. The I-ph of the as grown sample behaved abnormally in the temperature region of 170-180K. At fixed temperature and variable illumination intensity, the photocurrent of the as grown sample exhibited linear, sublinear and supralinear recombination mechanisms at 300 K and in the regions of 160-260K and 25-130 K. respectively. This behavior is attributed to the exchange of role between the linear recombination at the surface near room temperature and trapping centers in the film which become dominant as temperature decreases. Annealing the sample at 350 K for 1 h improved the characteristic curves of I-ph. The abnormality disappeared and the I-ph - T dependence is systematic. The data analysis of which revealed two recombination centers located at 66 and 16 meV. In addition, the sublinear recombination mechanism disappeared and the heat-treated films exhibited supralinear recombination in most of the studied temperature range. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10Temperature effects on the optoelectronic properties of AgIn5S8 thin films(Elsevier Science Sa, 2011) Qasrawi, A. F.Polycrystalline AgIn5S8 thin films are obtained by the thermal evaporation of AgIn5S8 crystals onto ultrasonically cleaned glass substrates under a pressure of similar to 1.3 x 10(-3) Pa. The temperature dependence of the optical band gap and photoconductivity of these films was studied in the temperature regions of 300-450 K and 40-300 K, respectively. The heat treatment effect at annealing temperatures of 350, 450 and 550 K on the temperature dependent photoconductivity is also investigated. The absorption coefficient, which was studied in the incidence photon energy range of 1.65-2.55 eV, increased with increasing temperature. Consistently, the absorption edge shifts to lower energy values as temperature increases. The fundamental absorption edge which corresponds to a direct allowed transition energy band gap of 1.78 eV exhibited a temperature coefficient of -3.56 x 10(-4) eV/K. The 0 K energy band gap is estimated as 1.89 eV. AgIn5S8 films are observed to be photoconductive. The highest and most stable temperature invariant photocurrent was obtained at an annealing temperature of 550 K. The photoconductivity kinetics was attributed to the structural modifications caused by annealing and due to the trapping-recombination centers' exchange. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10Light Intensity Effects on Electrical Properties of Agin5s8< Thin Films(Elsevier Science Sa, 2011) Qasrawi, A. F.The light illumination effects on the current conduction mechanism in thermally annealed polycrystalline AgIn5S8 thin films has been investigated by means of dark and photoexcited conductivity measurements as a function of temperature. The dark electrical conductivity analysis in the temperature region of 30-300 K, reflected the domination of thermionic emission and variable range hopping of charge carriers over the grain boundaries above and below 90 K, respectively. Conductivity activation energies of similar to 155 and 78 meV (in the temperature regions of 230-300 K and 90-220 K. respectively), a density of localized states (evaluated assuming a localization length of 5A(0)) of 1.17 x 10(20) cm(-3) eV(-1), an average hopping distance of 41.51 A(0) (at 60 K) and an average hopping energy of 28.64 meV have been determined from the dark electrical measurements. When the sample was exposed to illumination at specific excitation intensity, the values of the conductivity activation energy, the average hopping energy and the average hopping range were decreased significantly. On the other hand, the density of localized states near the Fermi level increased when the light intensity was increased. Such behavior is attributed to the temporary shift in Fermi level and/or trap density reduction by electron-hole recombination. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 12Electro-Optical Properties of Poly[di(2-Thiophenyl)carborane] and Its Opto-Electronic Application(Elsevier Science Sa, 2013) Cansu-Ergun, Emine Gul; Cihaner, AtillaElectrochemical and optical properties of a hybrid carborane based polymer called poly(di(2-thiophenyl)carborane) (P1) obtained electrochemically were reported as well as its electrochromic device application. Thiophene donor units and m-carborane acceptor unit were combined under the same umbrella via donor-acceptor-donor approach to obtain di(2-thiophenyl)carborane (1). Contrary to the literature, extreme conditions like highly dried solvent or inert atmosphere were not used for polymerization and characterization. Polymer P1 has an ambipolar character since it exhibited a reversible oxidation peak at a half wave potential (E-1/2) of 1.08 V and a quasi reversible reduction peak at E-1/2 = -1.82 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The polymer film has an optical band gap of 1.95 eV with a maximum absorption band centered at 488 nm. Also, it exhibited multicolor electrochromic behavior between its reduced and oxidized states changing from dark orange to light blue. Furthermore, the electrochromic device prepared based on P1 film was stable and robust. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
