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Rational Design of Hybrid
Interfaces For Organic
Electronics
Oliver T. Hofmann
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Improved materials drive innovation
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Organic Nanotechnology
➢Flexibility of organic chemistry
➢Emergent properties of interfaces
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Find
„hidden treasure“? … and how
to get there
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Rational
material design
Find outliers
find
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
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Rational
material design
Find outliers
find
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
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Rational
material design
Find outliers
find
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
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Rational
material design
Find outliers
Understand
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
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Requires accurate and
tractable atomistic simulations
Rational
material design
Find outliers
Understand
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
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Key Aspect: Level Alignment
Conduction Band
Valence Band
Hole Transport
Channel
Inorganic substrate Organic material
Electron Transport
Channel
governs charge- and energy transfer
Material Design Example
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Key Aspect: Level Alignment
Conduction Band
Valence Band
Inorganic substrate Organic material
Hole Transport
Channel
Electron Transport
Channel
Formation of interface
dipole
Material Design Example
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Design hypothesis:
Adsorption of electron donors / acceptors
Material Design Example
Design target:
Optimize injection barriers →
Tuning of the work function F
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Example: Tune the work function F
F
Electron donors on Ag(111)
Molecule IE [eV]
TTF 6.34
NMA 5.54
HV0 4.85
TTF
Ag 4.46 eV
3.93 eV
OTH, G. Rangger, E. Zojer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, L. Beverina, OTH, et al., ChemPhysChem, 2009
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, J. Frisch, A. Vollmer, OTH, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008
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Example: Tune the work function F
F
Electron donors on Ag(111)
Molecule IE [eV]
TTF 6.34
NMA 5.54
HV0 4.85
TTF
NMA
Ag 4.46 eV
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
OTH, G. Rangger, E. Zojer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, L. Beverina, OTH, et al., ChemPhysChem, 2009
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, J. Frisch, A. Vollmer, OTH, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008
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Example: Tune the work function F
F
Electron donors on Ag(111)
Molecule IE [eV]
TTF 6.34
NMA 5.54
Viologen 4.85
TTF
NMA
HV0
Ag 4.46 eV
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
3.60 eV
OTH, G. Rangger, E. Zojer, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, L. Beverina, OTH, et al., ChemPhysChem, 2009
B. Bröker, R.-P. Blum, J. Frisch, A. Vollmer, OTH, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 2008
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Molecule EA [eV]
PyT 2.21
HATCN 2.50
F4TCNQ 3.52
Example: Tune the work function F
F
Electron acceptors on Ag(111)
OTH, V. Atalla, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 2013
H. Glowatzki, B. Bröker, R.-P.-Blum, OTH et al., Nano Lett., 2008
G. Rangger, OTH, L. Romaner, G. Heimel, B. Bröker, et al., PHYSICAL REVIEW B 2009
TTF
NMA
HV0
Ag 4.46 eV
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
3.60 eV
PyT 4.45 eV
HATCN 4.51 eV
5.34 eVF4TCNQ
Molecule IE [eV]
TTF 6.34
NMA 5.54
Viologen 4.85
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Φ
Substrate
Vacuum level
Fermi level
Modified from: O.T. Hofmann, V. Atalla, N. Moll, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 15, 123028 (2013)
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Φ
Substrate
Vacuum level
Fermi level
Dipole
Dipole
Dipole
Dipole
Work function change depends on dipole density
Vacuum level
Φ‘
DΦ
Dipole sources can be Molecular dipoles, charge transfer, etc…
Modified from: O.T. Hofmann, V. Atalla, N. Moll, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 15, 123028 (2013)
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Φ
Substrate
Vacuum level
Fermi level
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
Molecule
If the LUMO is below EF, charge transfer ensues
+ +
--
Modified from: O.T. Hofmann, V. Atalla, N. Moll, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 15, 123028 (2013)
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Φ
Substrate
Vacuum level
Fermi level
Molecule
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
If the LUMO is below EF, charge transfer ensues
+ +
--
Modified from: O.T. Hofmann, V. Atalla, N. Moll, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 15, 123028 (2013)
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If the LUMO is below EF, charge transfer ensues,Until the LUMO is in resonance with EF
+ +
--
Modified from: O.T. Hofmann, V. Atalla, N. Moll, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, New Journal of Physics, 15, 123028 (2013)
Vacuum level
Φ
Substrate
Fermi level
Molecule
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
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Example: Tune the work function F
F
Ag 4.46 eV
HATCN 4.51 eV
TTF
NMA
HV0
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
3.60 eV
PyT 4.45 eV
5.34 eVF4TCNQ
B. Bröker, OTH, G. Rangger, P. Frank, R.-P. Blum, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 2010
The outlier: HATCN
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Impact of additional dipoles
Φ
Substrate
Vacuum level
Fermi level
Molecule
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
If the LUMO is below EF, charge transfer ensues,Until the LUMO is in resonance with EF
+ +
--
Dipole
Dipole
O.T. Hofmann, D.A. Egger, E. Zojer, Nano Lett. 10, 4369 (2010)
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Vacuum level
Impact of additional dipoles
Φ
Substrate
Fermi level
Molecule
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
--
+ +
Dipole
Dipole
Dipole Dipoles between molecule and substrate: Increased charge transfer cancels dipole
O.T. Hofmann, D.A. Egger, E. Zojer, Nano Lett. 10, 4369 (2010)
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Vacuum level
Impact of additional dipoles
Φ
Substrate
Fermi level
Molecule
HOMO
LUMO
--
+ +
Dipole
Dipole
Dipole Dipoles outside molecule and substrate: Change of LUMO energy w.r.t. vacuum
O.T. Hofmann, D.A. Egger, E. Zojer, Nano Lett. 10, 4369 (2010)
Φ‘
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Example: Tune the work function F
Theory and experiment agree well
except for HATCN
B. Bröker, OTH, G. Rangger, P. Frank, R.-P. Blum, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 2010
F
Ag 4.46 eV
HATCN 4.51 eV
TTF
NMA
HV0
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
3.60 eV
PyT 4.45 eV
5.34 eVF4TCNQ
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Example: Tune the work function F
F
Ag 4.46 eV
HATCN 4.51 eV
TTF
NMA
HV0
3.93 eV
3.82 eV
3.60 eV
PyT 4.45 eV
5.34 eVF4TCNQ
B. Bröker, OTH, G. Rangger, P. Frank, R.-P. Blum, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 2010
The outlier: HATCN
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Is a phase transition responsible?
B. Bröker, O.T. Hofmann, G. M. Rangger, P. Frank, R.-P. Bum, R. Rieger, L. Venema, A. Vollmer, K. Müllen, J.-P. Raube, A. Winkler, P. Rudolf, E. Zojer, and N. Koch, Phys. Rev. Lett 2010, 104: 246805
Vacuum level
Φ
Substrate
Fermi level
HATCN
Vacuum
HOMO
LUMO
Vacuum level
Φ
Substrate
Fermi level
HATCN
Φ‘
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Example: Tune the work function F
Theory and experiment agree well
except for HATCN
B. Bröker, OTH, G. Rangger, P. Frank, R.-P. Blum, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett 2010
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What did we learn?
• Coupling between charge-transfer and molecular dipoles
• Relevance of local dipoles in non-dipolar molecules
• Position of dipoles matters
OTH, D. Egger, E. Zojer, Nano Letters, 2010
New Design Principles
Importance of the atomistic
structure
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Other examples for structural relevance
TCNE / NaCl /Cu
Integer Charge Transfer
Semiconductor
- 0 0 - 0 - 0
Fractional Charge Transfer
Metals
d d d d d d d
OR
OTH, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, G. Heimel, ACS Nano, 2015
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Other examples for structural relevance
Doping and surface reconstructions in semiconductors
O. Sinai, OTH, P. Rinke, M. Scheffler, et al., Phys. Rev. B., 2015
S. Erker, N. Moll, P. Rinke, OTH New J. Phys., 2017
Amount and distribution of charge
S. Erker and OTH, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 10, 848 (2019)
Y. Xu, OTH, R. Schlesinger, S. Winkler, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 2013
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Defects in semiconductors
Surface defects mediate strong
interaction
E. Wruss, L. Hörmann and OTH, JPCC, 2019
Charge transfer where conventional
models predict none
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Requires accurate and
tractable atomistic simulations
Rational
material design
Find outliers
understand
„new“ effects
Chemical rules
Structure
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First principles structure determination
➢ is indispensable for material design
➢ allows tackling new scientific questions
➢ used to be impossible (at interfaces)
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Structure Search at Interfaes
▪ Accuracy and computational cost
▪ Search strategies optimized for single molecules
▪ Stochastic
▪ Configuration êxplosion
For each molecule:
Translation x: ~ 10 steps
Translation y: ~ 10 steps
Rotation: ~ 10 steps
3 mol.: 𝟏𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟑 = 𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧
Different size and shape of unit cells
compliate the problem further
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Structure Search at Interfaes
▪ Accuracy and computational cost
▪ Search strategies optimized for single molecules
▪ Stochastic
▪ Configuration explosion
Solution: Exploit physics at the interface
arXiv:1811.11702
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SAMPLE
Physics at
the Interface
Mitigate
Configurational
Explosion
(Discretization)
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Physically motivated coarse-graining
• Place molecules onto grid
• Each molecule sits in dedicated adsorption site
Top 1 Bridge 1 Top 2 Bridge 2 Top 3
Result:
List of Polymorph Candidates (typically a few 100.000)
Too many for DFT Machine Learning
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Similar to isolated molecule Individual terms are small
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Similar to isolated molecule Individual terms are small
Larger distance → less interaction
Similar structures → similar interaction
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SAMPLE
Polymorphs & Defects
Physics at
the Interface
Mitigate
Configurational
Explosion
(Discretization)
Machine Learning
(cost)Training Set
“Design of
Experiments”
(deterministic)
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Machine Learning Performance
Training set: 300
Validaton set: 59
RMSE: <1 meV / Ų
~ 18 meV / mol
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M. Scherbela, L. Hörmann, A. Jeindl, V. Obersteiner, OTH, Phys. Rev. Materials, 2018
Example: TCNE/Ag
Explain interplay of
➢ Molecule-substrate interaction
➢ Molecule-molecule interaction
➢ Close packing
➢ Symmetry
Sucessful Applications
V. Obersteiner, M. Scherbela, L. Hörmann, D. Wegner, OTH, Nano Lett., 2017
Example: TCNE/Au
Reveal „hidden
component“
Surface Ad-atom
or Vacency
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First principles structure determination
➢ is indispensable for material design
➢ allows tackling new scientific questions
➢ used to be impossible (at interfaces)
➢Obtain physical insight
➢Obtain control over structure
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Intermolecular interactions
A. Jeindl et al., in preparation
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Mapping on Molecule Parts
A. Jeindl et al., in preparation
Target:
Obtain a library of interactions
Combine molecular fragements
Design potential energy surface / polymorphs
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Find
„hidden treasure“? … and how
to get there
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Metastable materials often superior!
How can they be made experimentally?
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The Challenge
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Conclusion
• Interface dipoles well understood, provide design principles
• Molecular properties qualitative indicators, quantitativey determined by monolayer
• To predict new materials, we must know (orpredict) the interface geometry
arXiv:1811.11702
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Internat. Collaborations (Exp.)
Julia Stähler (FHI Berlin)
Reinhard J. Maurer (Warwick)
Petra Tegeder (U Heidelberg)
Daniel Wegner (Nijmegen)
Christof Wöll (KIT)
Norbert Koch (HU Berlin)
Emil List (HU Berlin)
Frank Schreiber (Tübingen)
Torsten Fritz (FSU Jena)
Internat. Collaborations (Theory)
Matthias Scheffler (FHI Berlin)
Patrick Rinke (Aalto)
Volker Blum (Duke)
Noa Marom (CMU)
Reinhard Maurer (Warwick)
Karsten Reuter (TU Munich)
Local Collaborations
Egbert Zojer
Roland Resel
Robert Schennach
Chrstian Slugovc
Gregor Trimmel