Chemical interaction, space-charge layer, and molecule charging energy for a TiO2/TCNQ interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 22086-22091

  Martínez, José I ^a   Flores, Fernando ^b   Ortega, José ^b   Rangan, Sylvie ^c   Ruggieri, Charles ^c   Bartynski, Robert ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES; TRANSITION METALS;

CHARGING ENERGIES; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; DRIVING FORCES; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; INTERFACE DIPOLE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; SPACE CHARGE LAYERS; TWO-MATERIALS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84942362052     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07045     Document Type: Article

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