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Flexible organic heterostructures obtained by MAPLE

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Organic heterostructures based on zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) and perylene tetracarboxylic dianhydride (PTCDA) were deposited by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) technique on conductive flexible substrate (ITO/PET) in three configurations: ZnPc/PTCDA (stacked layers), ZnPc:PTCDA (blend) and ZnPc/ZnPc:PTCDA/PTCDA. The effect of the configuration on the optical and electrical properties of the obtained heterostructures was investigated. For all heterostructures was observed an improved optical absorption in visible domain. The I–V characteristics recorded under illumination, revealed higher short circuit current (ISC) values for the ZnPc:PTCDA and ZnPc/ZnPc:PTCDA/PTCDA structures in comparison with that of the ZnPc/PTCDA structure. The results proved that by MAPLE can be obtained flexible organic heterostructures (in different configurations) with properties adequate for applications in flexible electronics and solar cell fields.

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This research was financially supported by the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation through National Core Program from PN18-110201 and LAPLAS V (3N/2018) contracts.

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  1. National Institute of Materials Physics, 405A Atomistilor Street, 077125, Magurele, Romania

    M. Socol, N. Preda, C. Breazu, A. Stanculescu & A. Costas

  2. Faculty of Physics, University of Bucharest, 405 Atomistilor Street, 077125, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania

    F. Stanculescu

  3. Laboratoire de Photonique d’Angers, Université d’Angers, 2, Bd. Lavoisier, 49045, Angers, France

    M. Girtan

  4. National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor Street, 077125, Magurele, Romania

    F. Gherendi, G. Popescu-Pelin & G. Socol

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Socol, M., Preda, N., Breazu, C. et al. Flexible organic heterostructures obtained by MAPLE. Appl. Phys. A 124, 602 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-018-1960-3

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