Fabrication of evaporated dye films and their application

Abstract

Evaporated dye layers (EDL) may easily be prepared using advanced high-vacuum technology. These are interesting new thin-layer materials owing to their specific optical and electrical properties and their almost unlimited spectral diversity. Such layers provide many possible novel applications. In this article the applications of EDL to sensors, filters, electroluminescent and electrophotographic devices, solar cells and heterogeneous photocatalysis are considered.