TY - GEN A1 - Mandal, Dipankar A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Improved performance of a polymer nanogenerator based on silver nanoparticles doped electrospun P(VDF–HFP) nanofibers T2 - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics N2 - We report on the electrospinning of poly(vinylidene fluoride–hexafluoropropylene) [P(VDF–HFP)] nanofibers doped with silver nanoparticles for the preparation of a polymer based nanogenerator (PNG). It has been found that the yield of the piezoelectric phase is increased by the addition of silver nanoparticles. Furthermore, defects in the P(VDF–HFP) electrospun fibers are removed resulting in a significant enhancement in the output power of the PNG. A maximum generated PNG output voltage of 3 V with a current density of 0.9 μA cm−2 is achieved. KW - piezoelectric thin polymer film KW - FTIR KW - nanogenerator KW - PVDF KW - P(VDF-HFP) KW - nanofibers Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CP55238A SN - 1463-9084 SN - 1463-9076 VL - 2014 IS - 16 SP - 10403 EP - 10407 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Das, Chittaranjan A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Tallarida, Massimo A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter A1 - Gargouri, Hassan A1 - Kärkkänen, Irina A1 - Schneidewind, Jessica A1 - Gruska, Bernd A1 - Arens, Michael T1 - Thermal and plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of TiO2: Comparison of spectroscopic and electric properties T2 - Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A N2 - Titanium oxide (TiO2) deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) is used as a protective layer in photocatalytic water splitting system as well as a dielectric in resistive memory switching. The way ALD is performed (thermally or plasma-assisted) may change the growth rate as well as the electronic properties of the deposited films. In the present work, the authors verify the influence of the ALD mode on functional parameters, by comparing the growth rate and electronic properties of TiO2 films deposited by thermal (T-) and plasma-enhanced (PE-) ALD. The authors complete the study with the electrical characterization of selected samples by means of capacitance–voltage and current–voltage measurements. In all samples, the authors found a significant presence of Ti3+ states, with the lowest content in the PE-ALD grown TiO2 films. The observation of Ti3+ states was accompanied by the presence of in-gap states above the valence band maximum. For films thinner than 10 nm, the authors found also a strong leakage current. Also in this case, the PE-ALD films showed the weakest leakage currents, showing a correlation between the presence of Ti3+ states and leakage current density. KW - titanium oxide (TiO2) KW - atomic layer deposition KW - plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition KW - synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy (SR-PES) KW - x-ray absorption spectroscopy KW - capacitance-voltage (CV) KW - current-voltage (IV) KW - ellipsometry KW - in-gap states Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4903938 SN - 1520-8559 SN - 0734-2101 VL - 2015 IS - 33 SP - 01A144-1 EP - 01A144-8 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Garain, Samiran A1 - Sinha, Tridib Kumar A1 - Adhikary, Prakriti A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Sen, Shrabanee A1 - Ram, Shanker A1 - Sinha, Chittaranjan A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter A1 - Mandal, Dipankar T1 - Self-Poled Transparent and Flexible UV Light-Emitting Cerium Complex–PVDF Composite: A High-Performance Nanogenerator T2 - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces N2 - Cerium(III)-,N-dimethylformamide-bisulfate [Ce(DMF)(HSO4)3] complex is doped into poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) to induce a higher yield (99%) of the electroactive phases (β- and γ-phases) of PVDF. A remarkable enhancement of the output voltage (∼32 V) of a nano-generator (NG) based on a nonelectrically poled cerium(III) complex containing PVDF composite film is achieved by simple repeated human finger imparting, whereas neat PVDF does not show this kind of behavior. This high electrical output resembles the generation of self-poled electroactiveβ-phase in PVDF due to the electrostatic interactions between the fluoride of PVDF and the surface-active positive charge cloud of the cerium complex via H-bonding and/or bipolar interaction among the opposite poles of cerium complex and PVDF, respectively. The capacitor charging capability of the flexible NG promises its applicability as piezoelectric-based energy harvester. The cerium(III) complex doped PVDF composite film exhibit an intense photoluminescence in the UV region, which might be due to a participation of electron cloud from negative pole of bipolarized PVDF. This fact may open a new area for prospective development of high-performance energy-saving flexible solid-state UV light emitters. KW - PVDF KW - electroactive phase KW - nanogenerator KW - cerium charge transfer complex KW - piezoelectric energy harvester KW - UV-emitter Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/am507522r SN - 1944-8244 SN - 1944-8252 VL - 2015 IS - 7 SP - 1298 EP - 1307 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seime, Bernd A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Buffer layer investigation of MFIS stacks with an organic ferroelectric layer T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 42 N2 - Ferroelectric field effect transistors are considered as future non volatile and non destructive readout memory cells. Conventional Perowskite-type ferroelectric materials are shown to work but they need expensive high temperature and high partial pressure processing steps inducing also unintentional and undefined interfacial layers.A possible low cost solution is the use of poly[vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene (P[VDF/TrFE]). This is a ferroelectric polymer which can be spin coated at room temperature onto silicon suited with well defined buffer layers. Using P[VDF/TrFE] we focus on metal ferroelectric insulator semi-conductor (MFIS) structures. In MFIS structure a part of the programming voltage drops over the buffering insulator. We report on attempts to minimize this fraction by optimizing the voltage divider over the buffer and the ferroelectric layers. CV measurements for different thickness of the buffer (10-235nm) and the ferroelectric layer(100nm-1μm) and for different permittivity values of the buffer layer(SiO2, Al2O3, HfO2) will be presented. This work is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within priority program 1157 (DSCH 745/11-1). Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2007/conference/regensburg/part/df/session/11/contribution/1 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 216 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mandal, Dipankar A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Seifarth, Olaf A1 - Hoffman, Patrick A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Study of reactions at the interface P(VDF/TrFE)/Al and P(VDF/TrFE)/PEDOT:PSS T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 42 N2 - Due to potential use in non volatile memory application, Poly(vinylidene fluoride/trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) is a great deal of interest, especially to produce organic field effect transistors (OFET). Right now it was found that Aluminum is one of the cost-effective inorganic electrode candidate. On the other hand, poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate)(PEDOT:PSS) shows promising behavior for the application as organic electrode. In part of our investigations we have systematically studied surface interactions of organic ferroelectric thin films (P(VDF-TrFE))with inorganic (Al) and organic layers (PEDOT:PSS). By X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is has been found that there is a interfacial reaction with Al and the copolymer. In contrast, for electrodes, made of PEDOT: PSS, we found not such kind of behavior. In this case, we found no evidence for any surface reaction. Furthermore, we present our results concerning the orientation of permanent dipoles in the co-polymer (formed between hydrogen and fluorine atom). Here, we use Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) analysis at the U 49/2 - PGM2 beam line of the BESSY-II Synchrotron. This work is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within priority program 1157 (DSCH 745/11-1). Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2007/conference/regensburg/part/syoe/session/8/contribution/18 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 797 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Sohal, Rakesh A1 - Torche, Mohamed A1 - Schwiertz, Carola A1 - Burkov, Yevgen A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - PrOx/AlON stacks as a high-k candidate on SiC T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 42 N2 - We study the chemical stability and electrical properties of Pr-oxides-SiC MIS stacks. In MISFET devices for high power applications the electric field scaling at the interface between semiconductor and insulator is determined by the ratio of their permittivity values. A high-k material can be used to optimize the performance of such devices. In previous studies we had to understand that the chemical reactivity of the PrOx/SiC interface causes a destructive interaction yielding silicate and graphite formation as well as poor electrical performance after direct deposition of PrOx onto SiC. Therefore we introduced an additional chemically inert layer and in this contribution we focus on PrOx/AlON as a suitable insulator stack. In our spectroscopic investigations we recognized a stable AlON/3C-SiC interface even for annealing steps up to 900∘C. First electrical characterizations are performed on Si substrates and we find a strong improvement in the leakage current by several orders of magnitude down to values of 10−7 A/cm2 at an EOT of 4nm and interface state densities of mean values of 5*1011/eVcm2. We also report on our ongoing electrical characterization of such stacks on SiC substrates. This work is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within priority program 1157 (DSCH 745/9-2). Y1 - 2007 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2007/conference/regensburg/part/df/session/10/contribution/8 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 215 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Burkov, Yevgen A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - X-ray photoemission spectroscopy of Aluminium Oxynitride on Si(001) and the rise as buffer layers T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 43 N2 - Praseodymium oxide (PrxOy) is one of the candidate as high-k transistor gate dielectrics, but aluminium oxynitride (AlxONy) as buffer layer is needed to prevent diffusions from the silicon into PrxOy and to hinder charge injection from the semiconductor into the insulator. The thermal stability and thickness dependence of aluminum oxynitride (AlxONy) has been investigated by synchrotron radiation photoemission spectroscopy (SR-PES). AlxONy layers were prepared by low energy ion-beam assisted deposition (LE-IBAD) at room temperature on a silicon substrate cleaned with HF-acid. Aluminium oxynitride is stable till 800∘C. From photoemission spectra we can assess that silicon oxynitride is built as first and then the growth of AlxONy follows. Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering measurements with synchrotron radiation have been performed. The combination of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and RIXS make possible to determinate the band gap of AlxONy. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2008/conference/berlin/part/ds/session/23/contribution/5 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 243 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Seime, Bernd A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - C(V) and C(t) measurements on MFIS structures consisting P[VDF/TrFE] as ferroelectric layer T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 43 N2 - Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors (FeFETs) are considered as a candidate for future non volatile and non destructive readout memory cells. A possible low cost solution is the use of poly[vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene (P[VDF/TrFE]). Using P[VDF/TrFE] we focus on metal ferroelectric insulator semiconductor (MFIS) capacitor structures. In this contribution we will summarize our investigations related to capacitance measurements in dependence of applied bias (C(V)) and time (C(t)). The thickness of the ferroelectric layer as well as the thickness and the material of the buffer layer have been investigated for optimization of the write voltage. CV measurements at higher temperatures deliver decreased flatband voltage shifts within one CV loop resulting in lower memory windows. At temperatures around 100∘C the hysteresis totally vanished, pointing out the ferroelectric behavior of the system. C(t) measurements at a constant bias have been performed for retention analysis of the MFIS stack. After applying a writing pulse we could distinguish between a higher and a lower capacitance state for more than 5 days. This work is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within priority program 1157 (SCHM 745/11-2). Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2008/conference/berlin/part/sysa/session/4/contribution/7 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 828 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Mandal, Dipankar A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Interface reactions of ferroelectric copolymer layers with different electrode materials T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 43 N2 - The ferroelectric copolymer poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) is a possible material for low cost applications as organic nonvolatile memory element. We present an XPS interface investigation of the copolymer/electrode interface. Below 100nm film thickness, interface phenomena becomes important. Possible interface reactions could lead to a reduction of the ferroelectric functionality.We present a comparative study of the two interfaces Al/P(VDF-TrFE) and PEDOT:PSS/P(VDF-TrFE). The result is a clear indication of a surface reaction in between the Aluminum-electrodes. In contrast, for PEDOT:PSS the measurements shows a layer by layer formation of the interface PEDOT:PSS/PVDF without any reaction. Second, we present a study of remanent polarization of ultrathin spincoated films of the copolymer, in a thickness range from 5 to 100mn, with organic electrodes like PEDOT:PSS. The measurements are carried out by using the flatband shift of a capacitance-voltage (CV) characteristic. This shift of flatband voltage is used as value for the electric polarization of the polymer. Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2008/conference/berlin/part/sysa/session/5/contribution/16 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 830 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Torche, Mohamed A1 - Schwiertz, Carola A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Sohal, Rakesh A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Inorganic and organic layers for high-k and organic memory applications T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Reihe 6, Bd. 41 N2 - We report about organic and inorganic MIS stacks for new possibilities for high frequency and high power applications as well as for non volatile memory cell. The organic stack contains a ferroelectric polymer as the functional layer. Poly[vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene] (P[VDF/TrFE]) is spin coated from a solution onto oxidised silicon substrates. We report on the polarisation induced flatband voltage shifts. For the inorganic stack our attempt is to combine higk-k dielectrics with high band gap semiconductors (SiC). Praseodymium oxide layers are prepared by electron beam evaporation from Pr6O11 powder and in situ controlling of interface and volume composition (XPS). Praseodymium silicate layers were prepared either by metal evaporation onto a thin ox- ide on top of the semiconductor and following annealing steps or by a wet chemical process out of aqueous Pr(NO3)3 solutions. Using spectro-scopic characterisation we investigate the stability of the various inter-faces within the stacks as well as the reactivity of the metal electrodes on thin Pr2O3. We report the results of electrical characterisation consisting of permittivity values, leakage current and density of interface states. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2006/conference/dresden/part/df/session/1/contribution/4 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 127 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - P(VDF/TrFE) as ferroelectric insulation layer for organic field effect transistors T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 41 N2 - The ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene)(P(VDF-TrFE)) is used as insulating material for organic field effect tran-sistors (OFET) and metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS)-structures. For the MIS-structures, we find the typical hysteresis in the CV charac-teristic upon increasing the voltage scan window. Based on these results, we fabricate OFET with regioregular poly(3-hexlythiophene)(P3HT) as organic semiconductor. The transistors are constructed in bottom gate architecture with thin layers of spincoated P(VDF-TrFE) as gate insulation (100nm). The drain-source current of the OFET is reversible affected by the polarized gate, which gives opportunities for organic nonvolatile memory elements. We present characteristic features like the hysteretic drain current response or the data retention. Furthermore, we present measurements with Kelvin probe force microscopy, a method which gives informations on the lateral distributions of the surface potential. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2006/conference/dresden/part/cpp/session/23/contribution/28 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 101 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Müller, Klaus A1 - Philip, Shine A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Temperature dependence of organic solar cell parameters T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft ; Reihe 6, Bd. 44 N2 - The influence of an annealing step on the parameters of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells is investigated. In order to fabricate the solar cells we use glass coated with ITO (Indiumtinoxide) as a substrate on which the active layer consisting of P3HT and PCBM is spincoated. Al-electrodes are evaporated on top of the active layer. We use PEDOT:PSS as buffer layer. Each sample is annealed at different temperatures for a short time. Between every temperature step the I-V characteristic of the cell is measured. The following parameters are derived afterwards: FF, Isc (density), Voc. Also the efficiency is estimated. The results show a maximum cell efficiency for drying at 100°C for 20sec. A further important step for preparation is the drying procedure of the PEDOT:PSS layer. Here an improvement of about 50% in cell efficiency is measured after drying at 50°C for 5 days under inert gas atmosphere. Y1 - 2009 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2009/conference/dresden/part/syop/session/4/contribution/2 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 671 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hoffmannbeck, David A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Paloumpa, Ioanna A1 - Henkel, Karsten A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Spectroscopic and microscopic characterization of potential catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft, Reihe 6, Bd. 46 N2 - The reduction of CO2 emissions is a general demand of the society in order to avoid irreversible climate changes. We are investigating potential catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 in particular for its application in the so called oxyfuel combustion process. In order to understand the catalytic behavior of the investigated materials we use the techniques X-Ray Photoemission (XPS) and -absorption (XAS) Spectroscopy as well as X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The prospective of our work is to figure out the electronic and structural properties of the material and to optimize proper catalysts or design new ones for best catalytic activity. Beside the spectro-microscopic investigations the catalysts are tested under Sabatier reaction conditions in terms of activity, stability and sensitivity against poisoning. In our preliminary work we constructed a Sabatier reactor system with analytical parts based on infrared absorption and mass spectroscopy modules. First spectroscopic and catalytic results achieved on a commercially available Ru/Al2O3 catalyst will be presented. Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2011/conference/dresden/part/o/session/60/contribution/123 SN - 0420-0195 SP - S. 483 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER -