Tuning energy level alignment at organic/semiconductor interfaces using a built-in dipole in chromophore-bridge-anchor compounds

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 12923-12928

  Rangan, Sylvie ^a   Batarseh, Alberto ^b   Chitre, Keyur P ^b   Kopecky, Andrew ^b   Galoppini, Elena ^b   Bartynski, Robert Allen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; FRONTIER ORBITALS; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITORS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; UV-VIS ABSORPTIONS; ZINC TETRAPHENYLPORPHYRIN;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84903168045     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502917c     Document Type: Article

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