Energy level alignment in organic-organic heterojunctions: The TTF/TCNQ interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3888-3894

  Beltrán, Juan I ^a   Flores, Fernando ^a   Martínez, José I ^a   Ortega, José ^a  

^a Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACE STATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

DENSITY OF STATE; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; INTERFACE DIPOLE; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; ORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS;

ORBITAL CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84874601095     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp306079t     Document Type: Article

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