Organic semiconductor density of states controls the energy level alignment at electrode interfaces

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Oehzelt, Martin ^a,b   Koch, Norbert ^a,b   Heimel, Georg ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIPOLE; ELECTRODE; PHENOMENOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84902831118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5174     Document Type: Article

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