Effects of exposure and air annealing on MoO x thin films

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Irfan, Irfan ^a   Gao, Yongli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

molybdenum oxide; organic light emitting diodes; organic photovoltaic; photoemission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; AIR-ANNEALING; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFECT OF OXYGEN; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EVAPORATED FILMS; GAP STATE; INTERFACE ENERGY; INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; OXYGEN DEFICIENT; SURFACE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ULTRA-VIOLET; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ANNEALING; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); OXIDE FILMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84864199189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.2.021213     Document Type: Article

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