Microscopy Morphology — Surface Morphology and Electrical Properties of Cu3BTC2 Thin Films before and after Reaction with TCNQ

Measurement evidence

Microscopy Morphology

Surface Morphology and Electrical Properties of Cu3BTC2 Thin Films before and after Reaction with TCNQ · Thurmer K., Schneider C., Stavila V. et al. · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces · 2018 · 39400-39410

5 measurement groups · 21 results

Reported values remain attached to the sample, method, conditions, extraction quality and source location that produced them.

AFM particle-size histogram analysis

20-cycle Cu3BTC2 film on ITO · Thin Film

Particle-number and film-volume histograms from AFM data in Figure 1d; masks shown in SI Figure S5.

Atmosphere
ex situ
Geometry
20-cycle Cu3BTC2/ITO
Context
pristine size-distribution analysis
Measurement source
p004 / 39403 · Figure caption · Figure 3
PropertyReported valueNormalised valueUncertaintyOrigin and qualitySource
Particle-number versus volume-fraction peak separationalmost 3 orders of magnitude apartalmostText
Approximate
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3
20-cycle large crystallite height100-200 nm tall100-200 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3
20-cycle large crystallite width200-400 nm wide200-400 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3
20-cycle majority crystallite height10-20 nm tall10-20 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3
20-cycle majority crystallite width20-50 nm wide20-50 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 3

AFM tapping-mode surface topography

20-cycle Cu3BTC2 film on ITO · Thin Film

Ex situ AFM after 0.5, 2, 7, and 20 deposition cycles on ITO; 1280 x 1280 pixel images typical.

Atmosphere
ex situ
Geometry
ITO substrate film morphology
Context
pristine Cu3BTC2 growth series
Measurement source
p003 / 39402 · Figure caption · Figure 1
PropertyReported valueNormalised valueUncertaintyOrigin and qualitySource
2-cycle Cu3BTC2 cluster height range10-40 nm tall10-40 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1b
2-cycle Cu3BTC2 cluster width range40-120 nm wide40-120 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1b
0.5-cycle precursor substrate coverageapproximately 0.1% of the substrateapproximateText
Approximate
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1a
0.5-cycle precursor particle sizeapproximately 5 nm-sized particlesapproximateText
Approximate
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 1a
ITO substrate rms roughnessapproximately 1 nmapproximateText
Approximate
p002 / 39401 · Experimental Section

AFM with particle-size histograms

4-cycle Cu3BTC2 film on amorphous SiO2/Si(001) · Thin Film

4-cycle Cu3BTC2 films grown on polycrystalline ITO and amorphous SiO2/Si(001); particle-number and volume-fraction histograms compared.

Atmosphere
ex situ
Geometry
ITO versus SiO2/Si(001) substrates
Context
substrate-dependent pristine growth
Measurement source
p009 / 39408 · Figure caption · Figure 10
PropertyReported valueNormalised valueUncertaintyOrigin and qualitySource
AFM mask image size for particle analysis5 um x 5 um25 um^2 image areaCaption
Exact Reported
p005 / S-5 · Figure caption · Figure S5
4-cycle Cu3BTC2/ITO histogram peak offsetabout 3 orders of magnitude apartaboutCaption
Approximate
p009 / 39408 · Figure caption · Figure 10
4-cycle Cu3BTC2/SiO2 histogram peak offsetfactor of 4Caption
Exact Reported
p009 / 39408 · Figure caption · Figure 10

AFM surface topography after TCNQ/MeOH treatment

Cu(TCNQ) film from 20-cycle Cu3BTC2 on ITO · Thin Film

0.5-, 2-, and 20-cycle films imaged after immersion in TCNQ/MeOH.

Atmosphere
ex situ
Geometry
ITO-supported converted films
Context
converted Cu(TCNQ)-like films
Measurement source
p005 / 39404 · Figure caption · Figure 4
PropertyReported valueNormalised valueUncertaintyOrigin and qualitySource
TCNQ-treated 0.5-cycle cluster height10-30 nm-tall clusters10-30 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4a
TCNQ-treated 0.5-cycle depression depthapproximately 10 nm deepapproximateText
Approximate
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4a
TCNQ-treated 0.5-cycle depression width100-500 nm-wide depressions100-500 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4a
TCNQ-treated 20-cycle platelet diameter200-300 nm diameter200-300 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4c
TCNQ-treated 2-cycle cluster height20-50 nm tall20-50 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4b
TCNQ-treated 2-cycle cluster width30-150 nm wide30-150 nmText
Range
p004 / 39403 · Results and Discussion · Figure 4b

SEM

Cu(TCNQ) film from 50-cycle Cu3BTC2 device · Electrode

FEI XL30s SEM at 5 kV; samples coated with 3 nm AuPd for image quality and charging reduction.

Atmosphere
ex situ
Geometry
50-cycle film on SiO2/Si(001)
Context
before/after TCNQ conversion morphology
Measurement source
p004 / 39403 · Experimental Section · Figures S2-S3
PropertyReported valueNormalised valueUncertaintyOrigin and qualitySource
50-cycle SiO2/Si pristine SEM size distributionlarge size distribution with many small and few large crystallitesCaption
Qualitative
p002 / S-2 · Figure caption · Figure S2
50-cycle SiO2/Si SEM morphology after TCNQconversion evidenced by morphology changeCaption
Qualitative
p003 / S-3 · Figure caption · Figure S3