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Ultra-fast charge transfer between fullerenes and a gold surface, as prepared by electrospray deposition

Temperton, Robert H. ; Skowron, Stephen T. ; Gibson, Andrew ; Handrup, Karsten LU and O'Shea, James N. (2020) In Chemical Physics Letters 747.
Abstract

Monolayers of C60 and the functionalised fullerene phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) have been prepared on Au(1 1 1) by in situ electrospray deposition. The observation of super-spectator/super-Auger decay in resonant photoemission spectroscopy (RPES) of C60 confirms monolayers prepared using electrospray undergo ultra-fast charge transfer as per previous studies of C60 monolayers on Au(1 1 1) prepared by sublimation. For PCBM, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) show the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the molecule overlaps the Fermi-level of the metal surface. Despite this, no evidence of ultra-fast charge... (More)

Monolayers of C60 and the functionalised fullerene phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) have been prepared on Au(1 1 1) by in situ electrospray deposition. The observation of super-spectator/super-Auger decay in resonant photoemission spectroscopy (RPES) of C60 confirms monolayers prepared using electrospray undergo ultra-fast charge transfer as per previous studies of C60 monolayers on Au(1 1 1) prepared by sublimation. For PCBM, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) show the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the molecule overlaps the Fermi-level of the metal surface. Despite this, no evidence of ultra-fast charge transfer is observed in the RPES of PCBM.

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C60, Organic photovoltaics, PCBM, Resonant photoemission, RPES, Super-Auger decay, Super-spectator decay, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS
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Chemical Physics Letters
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747
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137309
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Elsevier
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0009-2614
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10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137309
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  author       = {{Temperton, Robert H. and Skowron, Stephen T. and Gibson, Andrew and Handrup, Karsten and O'Shea, James N.}},
  issn         = {{0009-2614}},
  keywords     = {{C60; Organic photovoltaics; PCBM; Resonant photoemission; RPES; Super-Auger decay; Super-spectator decay; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; XPS}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Chemical Physics Letters}},
  title        = {{Ultra-fast charge transfer between fullerenes and a gold surface, as prepared by electrospray deposition}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137309}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137309}},
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