Performance recovery and optimization of poly(3-hexylthiophene) transistors by thermal cycling

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 156, Issue 18-20, 2006, Pages 1241-1248

  Mattis, Brian A ^a   Chang, Paul C ^a   Subramanian, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealing; Organic; Oxygen doping; Performance recovery; Poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COATINGS; THERMAL CYCLING;

FILM DENSITY; OXYGEN DOPING; PERFORMANCE RECOVERY; POLYTHIOPHENES;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33751004119     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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