Fast transient "photoconductivity" in semiconducting polymers: Free carrier photocurrent or displacement current generated by electric-field-induced polarization of bound excitons?

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 559-562

  Moses, D ^a   Comoretto, D ^a   Lee, C H ^a,b   Heeger, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lucky Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Photoconductivity; Polarizability

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXCITONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLARIZATION;

FAST TRANSIENT PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; POLYPHENYLENE VINYLENE;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 0030645391     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(97)80859-4     Document Type: Article

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