Can Lattice Models Predict the Density of States of Amorphous Organic Semiconductors?

Falk May, Björn Baumeier, Christian Lennartz, and Denis Andrienko, Physical Review Letters 109 (13) :136401 (2012).

Abstract

We extend existing lattice models of small-molecule amorphous semiconductors by accounting for changes in molecular polarizability upon charging or excitation. A compact expression of this contribution to the density of states is provided. Although the lattice model and the description based on a microscopic morphology both qualitatively predict an additional broadening, shift, and an exponential tail (traps) of the density of states, a quantitative agreement between the two cannot be achieved.