Growth and transport property studies of Anthracene - a wide band gap organic semiconductor

Abstract Organic semiconductor investigation and production plays a major role in electronics. The gorwth of bulk anthracene materials remains on e of the most challenging task in materials processing.In the present work we propose on efficient and simple synthesis route for anthracene single crystal growth. We have been grown anthracene crystal of size 2.7x2.2 cm2 by slow evaporation technique using Erlenmeyer flask. The size of the grown crystal is considerably bigger than the previously grown reported crystal sizes. Grown anthracene crystal was subjected to different characterization such as XRD, UV-visible, FTIR, and dielectric studies. The frequency dependent transport characteristics of the grown Anthracene crystal have been studies in the frequency range of 1KHz to 3MHz.