The dynamic organic p-n junction

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 672-676

  Matyba, Piotr ^a   Maturova, Klara ^b   Kemerink, Martijn ^b   Robinson, Nathaniel D ^c   Edman, Ludvig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGHT EMISSION; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

DYNAMIC P-N JUNCTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DOPING; ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT-EMITTING ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL; ORGANIC P-N JUNCTIONS; SCANNING KELVIN PROBE MICROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 69249206556     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2478     Document Type: Article

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