Integer charge transfer and hybridization at an organic semiconductor/conductive oxide interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4865-4873

  Gruenewald, Marco ^a   Schirra, Laura K ^b   Winget, Paul ^c   Kozlik, Michael ^a   Ndione, Paul F ^d   Sigdel, Ajaya K ^d   Berry, Joseph J ^d   Forker, Roman ^a   Brédas, Jean Luc ^c,e   Fritz, Torsten ^a   Monti, Oliver L A ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERFACE STATES; OXIDE MINERALS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

CARRIER INJECTION; DFT CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; HYBRID INTERFACE; INTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; OXIDE INTERFACES;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84924210421     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512153b     Document Type: Article

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