Time dependence and freezing-in of the electrode oxygen plasma-induced work function enhancement in polymer semiconductor heterostructures

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-633

  Brown, Thomas M ^a   Lazzerini, G Mattia ^b   Parrott, Lisa J ^b   Bodrozic, V ^b   Bürgi, Lukas ^c   Cacialli, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sensirion AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer devices; Contacts; Energy level alignment; Organic semiconductors; Plasma treatment

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); GOLD; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TIN OXIDES; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM; WORK FUNCTION;

BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; DEVICE ENCAPSULATIONS; ELECTRO-ABSORPTION; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; HIGH WORK FUNCTION; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; RELATIVE ENERGIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 79851512705     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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