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Main Authors: Steidel, Jakob, Michalsky, Ina, Ajdari, Mohsen, Kivala, Milan, Tegeder, Petra
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09851
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author Steidel, Jakob
Michalsky, Ina
Ajdari, Mohsen
Kivala, Milan
Tegeder, Petra
author_facet Steidel, Jakob
Michalsky, Ina
Ajdari, Mohsen
Kivala, Milan
Tegeder, Petra
contents Bridged triarylamines, so-called N-heterotriangulenes (N-HTAs) are promising organic semiconductors for applications in optoelectronic devices. Thereby the electronic structure at organic/metal interfaces and within thin films as well as the electronically excited states dynamics after optical excitation is essential for the performance of organic-molecule-based devices. Here, we investigated the energy level alignment and the excited state dynamics of a N-HTA derivative adsorbed on Au(111) by means of energy- and time-resolved two-photon photoemission spectroscopy. We quantitatively determined the energetic positions of several occupied and unoccupied molecular (transport levels) and excitonic states (optical gap) in detail. A transport gap of 3.20 eV and an optical gap of 2.58 eV is determined, resulting in an exciton binding energy of 0.62 eV. With the first time-resolved investigation on a N-HTA compound we gained insights into the exciton dynamics and resolved processes on the femtosecond to picosecond timescale.
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spellingShingle Determination of Energetic Positions of Electronic States and the Exciton Dynamics in a pi-Expanded N-Heterotriangulene Derivative Adsorbed on Au(111)
Steidel, Jakob
Michalsky, Ina
Ajdari, Mohsen
Kivala, Milan
Tegeder, Petra
Materials Science
Bridged triarylamines, so-called N-heterotriangulenes (N-HTAs) are promising organic semiconductors for applications in optoelectronic devices. Thereby the electronic structure at organic/metal interfaces and within thin films as well as the electronically excited states dynamics after optical excitation is essential for the performance of organic-molecule-based devices. Here, we investigated the energy level alignment and the excited state dynamics of a N-HTA derivative adsorbed on Au(111) by means of energy- and time-resolved two-photon photoemission spectroscopy. We quantitatively determined the energetic positions of several occupied and unoccupied molecular (transport levels) and excitonic states (optical gap) in detail. A transport gap of 3.20 eV and an optical gap of 2.58 eV is determined, resulting in an exciton binding energy of 0.62 eV. With the first time-resolved investigation on a N-HTA compound we gained insights into the exciton dynamics and resolved processes on the femtosecond to picosecond timescale.
title Determination of Energetic Positions of Electronic States and the Exciton Dynamics in a pi-Expanded N-Heterotriangulene Derivative Adsorbed on Au(111)
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09851