We report scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements of the threshold energy for injecting electrons or holes into thin, conjugated polymer films deposited on Au(111) substrates. Combining these results with optical absorption measurements, we estimate an exciton binding energy of Eb =0.36 +/- 0.10 eV for a soluble poly(1,4-phenylenevinylene) compound and Eb=0.30 +/-0.10 eV for poly(9,9'-dioctylfluorene). In addition, the present measurements allow us to determine the alignment of the electronic levels of the polymers relative to the substrate.
By: S. F. Alvarado, P. F. Seidler, D. G. Lidzey, D. D. C. Bradley
Published in: Physical Review Letters, volume 81, (no 5), pages 1082-5 in 1998
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