We demonstrate that the interfacial hole injection barrier Δh between p-type organic materials (i.e., CuPc and pentacene) and Co substrate can be tuned by the insertion of a MoO3 buffer layer. Using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, it was found that the introduction of MoO3 buffer layer effectively reduces the hole injection barrier from 0.8 eV to 0.4 eV for the CuPc/Co interface, and from 1.0 eV to 0.4 eV for the pentacene/Co interface, respectively. In addition, by varying the thickness of the buffer, the tuning effect of Δh is shown to be independent of the thickness of MoO3 interlayer at both CuPc/Co and pentacene/Co interfaces. This Fermi level pinning effect can be explained by the integer charge-transfer model. Therefore, the MoO3 buffer layer has the potential to be applied in p-type organic spin valve devices to improve the device performance via reducing the interfacial hole injection barrier.
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August 02 2012
Tuning the interfacial hole injection barrier between p-type organic materials and Co using a MoO3 buffer layer
Yu-Zhan Wang;
Yu-Zhan Wang
1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
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Liang Cao;
Liang Cao
1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
1175422National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology,
University of Science and Technology of China
, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People’s Republic of China
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Dong-Chen Qi;
Dong-Chen Qi
1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
1175423
Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)
, 3 Research Link, Singapore
117602
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Wei Chen;
Wei Chen
1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
1175424Department of Chemistry,
National University of Singapore
, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore
117543
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Andrew T. S. Wee;
Andrew T. S. Wee
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1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
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Xing-Yu Gao
Xing-Yu Gao
a)
1Department of Physics,
National University of Singapore
, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore
1175425
Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800, People’s Republic of China
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J. Appl. Phys. 112, 033704 (2012)
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Received:
March 26 2012
Accepted:
June 27 2012
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Yu-Zhan Wang, Liang Cao, Dong-Chen Qi, Wei Chen, Andrew T. S. Wee, Xing-Yu Gao; Tuning the interfacial hole injection barrier between p-type organic materials and Co using a MoO3 buffer layer. J. Appl. Phys. 1 August 2012; 112 (3): 033704. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4740455
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