Extraction of electronic parameters of organic diode fabricated with NIR absorbing functional manganase phthalocyanine organic semiconductor

► The peripheral α-substituted-functional manganase phthalocyanine is an organic semiconductor with optical band gap of 2.98 eV. ► The ITO/MnPc/Al diode shows a rectifying behavior due to the formation of MnPc/Al interface with a rectification ratio of 29.4 at ±2 V. ► The MnPc organic semiconductor can be used in electronic device applications as an organic diode.