Structural and electronic properties of pentacene-fullerene heterojunctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Salzmann, Ingo ^a   Duhm, Steffen ^a   Opitz, Ricarda ^a   Johnson, Robert L ^b   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a   Koch, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BINDING ENERGY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FILM GROWTH; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCES; C60 FILMS; CODEPOSITED; CODEPOSITED FILMS; CRYSTALLINE GROWTHS; ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE; FOURIER-TRANSFORM; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; NANOPHASE SEPARATIONS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; PENTACENE; STYRENE SULFONATES; VACUUM LEVELS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 58149267455     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3040003     Document Type: Article

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