Atomistic simulation on charge mobility of amorphous tris(8- hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq3): Origin of Poole-Frenkel-type behavior

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Nagata, Yuki ^a   Lennartz, Christian ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCE; ION BEAMS; ION EXCHANGE; LIGHT METALS; STANDARDS;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATION (AS); CHARGE MOBILITIES; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESSES; DOMINANT MECHANISM; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL (ESP) CHARGES; MASTER EQUATIONS; POOLE FRENKEL BEHAVIOR; POOLE-FRENKEL; SITE ENERGIES; SITE ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; SPATIALLY CORRELATED; STANDARD DEVIATION (STD); TRIS (8 HYDROXYQUINOLINE)ALUMINUM;

ELECTRIC CHARGE;

EID: 47849090020     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2949506     Document Type: Article

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