Spectroscopy and control of near-surface defects in conductive thin film ZnO
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Kelly, Leah LRacke, David A
Schulz, Philip
Li, Hong

Winget, Paul
Kim, Hyungchul
Ndione, Paul
Sigdel, Ajaya K
Bredas, Jean-Luc

Berry, Joseph J
Graham, Samuel
Monti, Oliver L A
KAUST Department
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)Laboratory for Computational and Theoretical Chemistry of Advanced Materials
Material Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2016-02-12Online Publication Date
2016-02-12Print Publication Date
2016-03-09Permanent link to this record
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The electronic structure of inorganic semiconductor interfaces functionalized with extended π-conjugated organic molecules can be strongly influenced by localized gap states or point defects, often present at low concentrations and hard to identify spectroscopically. At the same time, in transparent conductive oxides such as ZnO, the presence of these gap states conveys the desirable high conductivity necessary for function as electron-selective interlayer or electron collection electrode in organic optoelectronic devices. Here, we report on the direct spectroscopic detection of a donor state within the band gap of highly conductive zinc oxide by two-photon photoemission spectroscopy. We show that adsorption of the prototypical organic acceptor C60 quenches this state by ground-state charge transfer, with immediate consequences on the interfacial energy level alignment. Comparison with computational results suggests the identity of the gap state as a near-surface-confined oxygen vacancy.Citation
Spectroscopy and control of near-surface defects in conductive thin film ZnO 2016, 28 (9):094007 Journal of Physics: Condensed MatterSponsors
This work was supported as part of the Center for Interface Science: Solar Electric Materials (CISSEM), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-SC0001084.Publisher
IOP PublishingAdditional Links
http://stacks.iop.org/0953-8984/28/i=9/a=094007?key=crossref.f23aa26cd74fc8e4fb3da44c0fd1fc35ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1088/0953-8984/28/9/094007