Universal energy-level alignment of molecules on metal oxides

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-81

  Greiner, Mark T ^a   Helander, Michael G ^a   Tang, Wing Man ^a   Wang, Zhi Bin ^a   Qiu, Jacky ^a   Lu, Zheng Hong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TRANSITION METALS;

DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; LOW-RESISTANCE CONTACTS; MATHEMATICAL RELATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 83655167145     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3159     Document Type: Article

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