Large work function reduction by adsorption of a molecule with a negative electron affinity: Pyridine on ZnO (101̄0)

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Hofmann, Oliver T ^a   Deinert, Jan Christoph ^a   Xu, Yong ^a   Rinke, Patrick ^a   Stähler, Julia ^a   Wolf, Martin ^a   Scheffler, Matthias ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING MECHANISMS; ELECTRON-INJECTION BARRIER; INTERFACE MORPHOLOGIES; MOLECULAR DIPOLE MOMENT; NEGATIVE ELECTRON AFFINITY; WORK FUNCTION CHANGE; WORK FUNCTION MODIFICATION; ZNO SURFACE;

ADSORPTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PYRIDINE; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

WORK FUNCTION;

EID: 84903362831     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4827017     Document Type: Article

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