Carrier generation and transport in bulk heterojunction films processed with 1,8-octanedithiol as a processing additive

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hwang, In Wook ^a   Cho, Shinuk ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^a   Coates, Nelson E ^a   Moses, Daniel ^a   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CIVIL AVIATION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FILMS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL DESIGN; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER LOSSES; CARRIER-GENERATION; IMPROVED PERFORMANCE; IN-FIELD; OCTANEDITHIOL; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SPIN CAST; THIADIAZOLE; ULTRAFAST SPECTROSCOPY;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 49749090492     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2951957     Document Type: Article

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