Built-in potential in conjugated polymer diodes with changing anode work function: Interfacial states and deviation from the schottky-mott limit

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1202-1207

  MacLeod, Bradley A ^a   Horwitz, Noah E ^a   Ratcliff, Erin L ^b   Jenkins, Judith L ^b   Armstrong, Neal R ^b   Giordano, Anthony J ^c   Hotchkiss, Peter J ^c   Marder, Seth R ^c   Campbell, Charles T ^a   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BUILT-IN POTENTIAL; CONJUGATED POLYMER DIODES; ELECTROABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; INTERFACIAL STATE; METAL/ORGANIC INTERFACES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLY(P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

WORK FUNCTION;

EID: 84860510411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300283h     Document Type: Article

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