Purification of Head-to-Tail-Type Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene), HT-P3HexTh, and Investigation of the Effects of Polymer Purity on the Performance of Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 6627-6628

  Kokubo, Hisashi ^a   Yamamoto, Takakazu ^a   Kondo, Hiroshi ^b   Akiyama, Yoshikazu ^b   Fujimura, Itaru ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RICOH COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

FET mobility; Field effect transistor (FET); Poly(3 hexylthiophene 2,5 diyl); Polymer purification

Indexed keywords

BORON; CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLIZING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PURIFICATION; SILICON WAFERS; SOLUTIONS; SPIN COATING;

CHANNEL LENGTHS; ELECTRON PROBE MIROANALYSIS (EPMA);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0347589746     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.42.6627     Document Type: Article

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