We investigated the optical and the electrical conductivity properties of synthetic melanin thin films spray-coated on glass. These films showed a broadband monotonic increase of the absorption coefficient, decreasing the wavelength in the Visible-NIR range. Conductivity as a function of the temperature evidenced a semiconductor like character and a hysteretic behaviour after thermal annealing up to 475 K. Thermal activation energies extrapolated by resistance curves have been explained by using the framework of a band-model as for an amorphous semiconductor.
Optical and electrical behavior of synthetic melanin thin films spray-coated
PINTO, Nicola;MURRI, Roberto Vittorio;CUCCIOLONI, Massimiliano;ANGELETTI, Mauro;TOMBESI, Paolo
2010-01-01
Abstract
We investigated the optical and the electrical conductivity properties of synthetic melanin thin films spray-coated on glass. These films showed a broadband monotonic increase of the absorption coefficient, decreasing the wavelength in the Visible-NIR range. Conductivity as a function of the temperature evidenced a semiconductor like character and a hysteretic behaviour after thermal annealing up to 475 K. Thermal activation energies extrapolated by resistance curves have been explained by using the framework of a band-model as for an amorphous semiconductor.File in questo prodotto:
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