Electronic structure of interfaces with conjugated organic materials

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 277-293

  Koch, Norbert ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjugated organic materials; Electronic structure; Interface states; Interfaces; Organic semiconductors

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXTRACTION; CONJUGATED ORGANIC MATERIALS; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACE STATES; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84863880047     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.201206208     Document Type: Review

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