Sheng Chun-Qi(盛春荠)a)b), Wang Peng(王鹏)a), Shen Ying(沈影)a), Li Yan-Jun(李艳君)a), Zhang Wen-Hua(张文华)c), Xu Fa-Qiang(徐法强)c), Zhu Jun-Fa(朱俊发)c), Lai Guo-Qiao(来国桥)b), and Li Hong-Nian(李宏年)a)†
a Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China; b Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University§Hangzhou 310012, China; c National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, China
Abstract We have studied the electronic structure of [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric-acid-methyl-ester (PCBM) using synchrotron radiation photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) measurements and first-principles calculations. The PES spectrum of the entire occupied valence band is reported, which exhibits abundant spectral features from the Fermi level to ～24 eV binding energy. All the spectral features are broadened as compared with the cases of C60. The reasons for the broadening are analysed by comparing the experimental data with the calculated energy levels and density of states. Special attention is paid to the analysis of the C60 highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)-1 derived states, which can play a crucial role in the bonding at the interfaces of PCBM/polymer blenders or PCBM/electrodes. Besides the well-known energy level splitting of the C60 backbone caused by the lowered symmetry, C 2p states from the side chain mix or hybridize with the molecular orbitals of parent C60. The contribution of the O 2p states can substantially modify the PES spectrum.
(Electronic structure and bonding characteristics)
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11079028) and the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory of China.
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Sheng Chun-Qi(盛春荠), Wang Peng(王鹏), Shen Ying(沈影), Li Yan-Jun(李艳君), Zhang Wen-Hua(张文华), Xu Fa-Qiang(徐法强), Zhu Jun-Fa(朱俊发), Lai Guo-Qiao(来国桥), and Li Hong-Nian(李宏年) Electronic structure of PCBM 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 017102
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