Chemically fixed p-n heterojunctions for polymer electronics by means of covalent B-F bondformation

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-252

  Hoven, Corey V ^a   Wang, Huiping ^b,c   Elbing, Mark ^b   Garner, Logan ^b   Winkelhaus, Daniel ^d   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a,b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Jilin University   (China)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; COVALENT BOND FORMATION; CURRENT RECTIFICATIONS; DIODE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMER ELECTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 77249147355     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2623     Document Type: Article

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