Basic Electronic Structures and Charge Carrier Generation in Organic Optoelectronic Materials

Abstract

This chapter briefly introduces some fundamental concepts and principles in a mainly qualitative way (for students with diverse backgrounds at the college senior level) related to electronic structures, energy and charge carrier transfers of electronic and optoelectronic materials, with emphasis on organic and polymeric pi-conjugated materials. Specifically, the basic concepts and principles of quantum theory, electrons, orbitals, bands, ground and excited states, excitons and charge carriers, charge carrier generation mechanisms, charge and exciton/energy transfers, are briefly discussed. Both exciton and band models are presented to illustrate electronic transitions, carrier generations, and carrier transport processes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 2015
Accession Number
AD1147047

Entities

People

  • Sam-Shajing Sun

Organizations

  • Norfolk State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Band Structures
  • Charge Carriers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Transfer
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Gaps
  • Energy Levels
  • Energy Transfer
  • Free Electrons
  • Materials Science
  • Optical Properties
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Scattering
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectroscopy
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum Chemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design

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  • Microelectronics
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