TY - JOUR
T1 - Organic/Inorganic Molecular Beam Epitaxy
T2 - Formation of an Ordered Phthalocyanine/SnS2 Heterojunction
AU - Nebesny, K. W.
AU - Collins, G. E.
AU - Lee, P. A.
AU - Chau, L. K.
AU - Danziger, J.
AU - Osburn, E.
AU - Armstrong, N. R.
PY - 1991/9/1
Y1 - 1991/9/1
N2 - We report the growth of thin films of the metal dichalcogenide, SnS2, on cleaved mica surfaces, followed by the deposition of monolayers and multilayers of chloroindium phthalocyanine, InPc–Cl. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction(RHEED) was used to show that the SnS2 thin films grew with a principal axis oriented along a principal axis of the mica substrate, even at submonolayer coverages of SnS2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), reflection electron energy loss spectroscopies(REELS), and optical spectroscopies were used to confirm that the stoichiometry and electronic properties of these SnS2 thin films were those of 2H-SnS2. As with the deposition of InPc–Cl on melt-grown, bulk SnS2, the first monolayer of InPc–Cl on SnS2/mica gave RHEED patterns consistent with the formation of a closest packed monolayer, with the Pc’s lying flat on the surface. On the MBE-grown SnS2, InPc–Cl multilayer films were grown that gave the same RHEED patterns as seen for the monolayer deposits. These diffraction data are consistent with the buildup of each Pc monolayer in registry with the initial monolayer. Transmission optical spectra of these Pc thin films show a strong, narrow absorption spectrum, in sharp contrast to those seen for polycrystalline InPc–Cl deposits, suggesting that the Pc chromophores sit in essentially equivalent environments.
AB - We report the growth of thin films of the metal dichalcogenide, SnS2, on cleaved mica surfaces, followed by the deposition of monolayers and multilayers of chloroindium phthalocyanine, InPc–Cl. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction(RHEED) was used to show that the SnS2 thin films grew with a principal axis oriented along a principal axis of the mica substrate, even at submonolayer coverages of SnS2. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), reflection electron energy loss spectroscopies(REELS), and optical spectroscopies were used to confirm that the stoichiometry and electronic properties of these SnS2 thin films were those of 2H-SnS2. As with the deposition of InPc–Cl on melt-grown, bulk SnS2, the first monolayer of InPc–Cl on SnS2/mica gave RHEED patterns consistent with the formation of a closest packed monolayer, with the Pc’s lying flat on the surface. On the MBE-grown SnS2, InPc–Cl multilayer films were grown that gave the same RHEED patterns as seen for the monolayer deposits. These diffraction data are consistent with the buildup of each Pc monolayer in registry with the initial monolayer. Transmission optical spectra of these Pc thin films show a strong, narrow absorption spectrum, in sharp contrast to those seen for polycrystalline InPc–Cl deposits, suggesting that the Pc chromophores sit in essentially equivalent environments.
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U2 - 10.1021/cm00017a018
DO - 10.1021/cm00017a018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000382635
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 3
SP - 829
EP - 838
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
IS - 5
ER -