Interfacial electronic states of tetracene deposited on Si(111).

The interfacial electronic states of tetracene on Si(111) 7x7 substrate were studied by using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS). After deposition of tetracene on the Si(111) 7x7 surface, the features originating from the tetracene molecule appear at 1.55, 3.36, 6.78, 9.24, and 10.76 eV below the Fermi level; they shift in binding energy with increasing organic film coverage. From the UPS measurements, the work function of the sample surface was found to decrease with increasing molecular coverage in the submonolayer range suggesting that an interfacial dipole is formed. A density functional theory calculation had also been carried out to determine the favorable adsorption structure. The molecule near the top of a center adatom with the longer molecular axis along the [110] azimuth is the most favorable.