How to make ohmic contacts to organic semiconductors

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Shen, Yulong ^a   Hosseini, Ahmad R ^a   Wong, Man Hoi ^a   Malliaras, George G ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge carrier injection; Charge transfer; Light emitting diodes; Ohmic contacts; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONTACTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OHMIC CONTACTS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; COMPETING PROCESS; DOPING LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; MOBILE IONS; SAMPLE GEOMETRY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

DENSITY; DEVICE; ENERGY; ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2442661583     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200300942     Document Type: Review

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