Synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfaces
Organic semiconductors (polymers and small molecules) are widely used in electronic and optoelectronic technologies. Many devices are based on multilayer structures where interfaces play a central role in device performance and where inorganic semiconductor models are inadequate. Synchrotron radiati...
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| author | Evans, D Steiner, H Vearey-Roberts, A Bushell, A Cabailh, G O'Brien, S Wells, J McGovern, I Dhanak, V Kampen, T Zahn, D Batchelor, D |
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| description | Organic semiconductors (polymers and small molecules) are widely used in electronic and optoelectronic technologies. Many devices are based on multilayer structures where interfaces play a central role in device performance and where inorganic semiconductor models are inadequate. Synchrotron radiation techniques such as photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray standing wave spectroscopy (XSW) provide a powerful means of probing the structural, electronic and chemical properties of these interfaces. The surface-specificity of these techniques allows key properties to be monitored as the heterostructure is fabricated. This methodology has been directed at the growth of hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor interfaces involving copper phthalocyanine as the model organic material and InSb and GaAs as the model inorganic semiconductor substrates. Core level PES has revealed that these interfaces are abrupt and chemically inert due to the weak bonding between the molecules and the inorganic semiconductor. NEXAFS studies have shown that there is a preferred orientation of the molecules within the organic semiconductor layers. The valence band offsets for the heterojunctions have been directly measured using valence level PES and were found to be very different for copper phthalocyanine on InSb and GaAs (0.7 and -0.3 eV respectively) although an interface dipole is present in both cases. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:45cf9b23-ef04-41b2-9f70-fc30ced456be2022-03-26T15:10:09ZSynchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfacesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:45cf9b23-ef04-41b2-9f70-fc30ced456beEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Evans, DSteiner, HVearey-Roberts, ABushell, ACabailh, GO'Brien, SWells, JMcGovern, IDhanak, VKampen, TZahn, DBatchelor, DOrganic semiconductors (polymers and small molecules) are widely used in electronic and optoelectronic technologies. Many devices are based on multilayer structures where interfaces play a central role in device performance and where inorganic semiconductor models are inadequate. Synchrotron radiation techniques such as photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray standing wave spectroscopy (XSW) provide a powerful means of probing the structural, electronic and chemical properties of these interfaces. The surface-specificity of these techniques allows key properties to be monitored as the heterostructure is fabricated. This methodology has been directed at the growth of hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor interfaces involving copper phthalocyanine as the model organic material and InSb and GaAs as the model inorganic semiconductor substrates. Core level PES has revealed that these interfaces are abrupt and chemically inert due to the weak bonding between the molecules and the inorganic semiconductor. NEXAFS studies have shown that there is a preferred orientation of the molecules within the organic semiconductor layers. The valence band offsets for the heterojunctions have been directly measured using valence level PES and were found to be very different for copper phthalocyanine on InSb and GaAs (0.7 and -0.3 eV respectively) although an interface dipole is present in both cases. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Evans, D Steiner, H Vearey-Roberts, A Bushell, A Cabailh, G O'Brien, S Wells, J McGovern, I Dhanak, V Kampen, T Zahn, D Batchelor, D Synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfaces |
| title | Synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfaces |
| title_full | Synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfaces |
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| title_short | Synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic-organic semiconductor interfaces |
| title_sort | synchrotron radiation studies of inorganic organic semiconductor interfaces |
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