Large-area, ensemble molecular electronics: motivation and challenges

A Vilan, D Aswal, D Cahen - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
We review charge transport across molecular monolayers, which is central to molecular
electronics (MolEl), using large-area junctions (NmJ). We strive to provide a wide conceptual …

Making contact: Connecting molecules electrically to the macroscopic world

H Haick, D Cahen - Progress in Surface Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Introducing organic molecules in electronics, in general, and as active electronic transport
components, in particular, is to no small degree limited by the ability to connect them …

Molecules on Si: electronics with chemistry

A Vilan, O Yaffe, A Biller, A Salomon, A Kahn… - Advanced …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Basic scientific interest in using a semiconducting electrode in molecule‐based electronics
arises from the rich electrostatic landscape presented by semiconductor interfaces …

Contacting organic molecules by soft methods: towards molecule-based electronic devices

H Haick, D Cahen - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2008 - ACS Publications
Can we put organic molecules to use as electronic components? The answer to this
question is to no small degree limited by the ability to contact them electrically without …

Copper sulfide as a light absorber in wet-chemical synthesized extremely thin absorber (ETA) solar cells

M Page, O Niitsoo, Y Itzhaik, D Cahen… - Energy & Environmental …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate an extremely thin absorber (ETA) solar cell using a copper sulfide (Cu2−
xS) light absorber. We compare the cell performance with that of a CdS absorber, to …

Photocurrent enhancement in polythiophene-and alkanethiol-modified ZnO solar cells

TC Monson, MT Lloyd, DC Olson, YJ Lee… - Advanced Materials …, 2008 - osti.gov
Photocurrent enhancement and improvement in solar cell performance are found when the
interface between ZnO and polythiophene layers is modified with insulating alkanethiol self …

Hybrid organic/inorganic molecular heterojunctions based on strained nanomembranes

CC Bof Bufon, JD Arias Espinoza, DJ Thurmer… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In this work, we combine self-assembly and top-down methods to create hybrid junctions
consisting of single organic molecular monolayers sandwiched between metal and/or single …

Molecular Self-Assembly at Bare Semiconductor Surfaces: Characterization of a Homologous Series of n-Alkanethiolate Monolayers on GaAs(001)

CL McGuiness, D Blasini, JP Masejewski, S Uppili… - Acs Nano, 2007 - ACS Publications
Structural trends for a homologous series of n-alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers
(SAMs), C n H2 n+ 1S–with 12≤ n≤ 19, on GaAs (001), studied by a combination of grazing …

Hg/Molecular monolayer− Si junctions: electrical interplay between monolayer properties and semiconductor doping density

O Yaffe, L Scheres, L Segev, A Biller… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Metal− organic molecule− semiconductor junctions are controlled not only by the molecular
properties, as in metal− organic molecule− metal junctions, but also by effects of the …

Filled and empty states of alkanethiol monolayer on Au (1 1 1): fermi level asymmetry and implications for electron transport

Y Qi, O Yaffe, E Tirosh, A Vilan, D Cahen… - Chemical Physics …, 2011 - Elsevier
The electronic structure of the prototypical self-assembled monolayer (SAM) system, ie
alkanethiol molecules on Au, is investigated via ultraviolet and inverse photoemission …