Temperature-independent photoconductivity in thin films of semiconducting polymers: Photocarrier sweep-out prior to deep trapping

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2685-2688

  Moses, D ^a   Wang, J ^a   Yu, G ^b   Heeger, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; VINYL RESINS;

ONSAGER MODEL; PHOTOCARRIERS; POLYETHYLEXYLOXY METHOXY PHENYLENEVINYLENE;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032028325     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.2685     Document Type: Article

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