IRANIAN POLYMER JOURNAL, cilt.33, sa.2, ss.195-207, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
Thin films have significant importance both in academia and industry due
to their unique properties and wide range of applications in electronic
devices, solar cells, sensors, flat panel displays, and more. The
current study aimed to synthesize and characterize polymers that exhibit
semiconductor behavior and investigate their potential use in
optoelectronic devices. For this purpose, thin films were prepared from
the synthesized polymers. The optical properties of thin films with
thicknesses of 23 μm and 4 μm were measured using UV–Vis spectroscopy,
and the Eg values were found to be 1.30 eV and
2.16 eV, respectively. Results indicated that the obtained values of the
optical bandgap energy and refractive index of the thin films suggested
that they can be promising materials for the fabrication of
optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, sensors, and light-emitting
diodes. The observed dependence of these properties on the thickness of
the films also suggested that their performance can be tuned by
controlling their deposition parameters. Overall, these results
demonstrated the potential of thin films as versatile building blocks
for various applications in the fields of photonics and electronics.