Organic electronic devices and their functional interfaces

N Koch - ChemPhysChem, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A most appealing feature of the development of (opto) electronic devices based on
conjugated organic materials is the highly visible link between fundamental research and …

Charge-transfer excitons at organic semiconductor surfaces and interfaces

XY Zhu, Q Yang, M Muntwiler - Accounts of chemical research, 2009 - ACS Publications
When a material of low dielectric constant is excited electronically from the absorption of a
photon, the Coulomb attraction between the excited electron and the hole gives rise to an …

Intermolecular hybridization governs molecular electrical doping

I Salzmann, G Heimel, S Duhm, M Oehzelt, P Pingel… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
Current models for molecular electrical doping of organic semiconductors are found to be at
odds with other well-established concepts in that field, like polaron formation. Addressing …

Surface analytical studies of interfaces in organic semiconductor devices

Y Gao - Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 2010 - Elsevier
Surface and interface analytical studies have generated critical insight of the fundamental
processes at interfaces involving organic semiconductors. I will review surface analytical …

Direct determination of the electronic structure of the poly (3-hexylthiophene): phenyl-[6, 6]-C61 butyric acid methyl ester blend

ZL Guan, JB Kim, H Wang, C Jaye, DA Fischer… - Organic …, 2010 - Elsevier
This article focuses on the electronic structure of the poly (3-hexylthiophene): phenyl-[6, 6]-
C61 butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM) blend, widely used in bulk heterojunction (BHJ) …

Toward a comprehensive understanding of molecular doping organic semiconductors

I Salzmann, G Heimel - Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related …, 2015 - Elsevier
Molecular electrical doping of organic semiconductors has emerged as a valuable strategy
to improve the performance of organic (opto-) electronic devices and to extend the range of …

Design of organic semiconductors from molecular electrostatics

G Heimel, I Salzmann, S Duhm, N Koch - Chemistry of Materials, 2011 - ACS Publications
Progress in the field of organic electronics depends on the synthesis of new π-conjugated
molecules to further improve the performance of, for example, organic light-emitting diodes …

Electron spectroscopy of functional organic thin films: Deep insights into valence electronic structure in relation to charge transport property

N Ueno, S Kera - Progress in Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
We summarize both historical and recent challenges on angle-resolved and high-energy
resolution ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) of organic thin films. Topics selected …

Origin and role of gap states in organic semiconductor studied by UPS: as the nature of organic molecular crystals

JP Yang, F Bussolotti, S Kera… - Journal of Physics D …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews experimental studies on'bridging electronic structure and charge
transport property of organic semiconductors' performed using ultraviolet photoelectron …

Organic/organic′ heterojunctions: organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaic devices

NR Armstrong, W Wang, DM Alloway… - Macromolecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Heterojunctions created from thin films of two dissimilar organic semiconductor materials
organic/organic′(O/O′) heterojunctions are an essential component of organic light …