Tuning the electronic band structure of pcbm by electron irradiation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-7

  Yoo, Seung Hwa ^a   Kum, Jong Min ^a   Cho, Sung Oh ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron irradiation; Homo; Lumo; Organic semiconductor; Pcbm; Tunable band structure

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; ELECTRON FLUENCES; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOMO; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LUMO; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC ACCEPTORS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PCBM; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; VACUUM ENERGY;

BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

TUNING;

EID: 84856056161     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-545     Document Type: Article

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