Energy level alignment at organic heterojunctions: Role of the charge neutrality level

H Vázquez, W Gao, F Flores, A Kahn - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2005 - APS
Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2005APS
We present a mechanism that explains the energy-level alignment at organic-organic (OO)
semiconductor heterojunctions. Following our work on metal/organic interfaces, we extend
the concepts of charge neutrality level (CNL) and induced density of interface states to OO
interfaces, and propose that the energy-level alignment is driven by the alignment of the
CNLs of the two organic semiconductors. The initial offset between the CNLs gives rise to a
charge transfer across the interface, which induces an interface dipole and tends to align the …
We present a mechanism that explains the energy-level alignment at organic-organic (OO) semiconductor heterojunctions. Following our work on metal/organic interfaces, we extend the concepts of charge neutrality level (CNL) and induced density of interface states to OO interfaces, and propose that the energy-level alignment is driven by the alignment of the CNLs of the two organic semiconductors. The initial offset between the CNLs gives rise to a charge transfer across the interface, which induces an interface dipole and tends to align the CNLs. The initial CNL difference is reduced according to the screening factor , a quantity related to the dielectric functions of the organic materials. Good quantitative agreement with experiment is found. Our model thus provides a simple and intuitive, yet general, explanation of the energy-level alignment at organic semiconductor heterojunctions.
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