Compensating poly(3-hexylthiophene) reveals its doping density and its strong exciton quenching by free carriers

Advanced Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3258-3262

  Liang, Ziqi ^a   Gregg, Brian A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transport; conjugated polymers; doping; organic electronics; photovoltaic devices

Indexed keywords

BOUND CHARGE; COBALTOCENE; DOPING DENSITIES; EXCITON QUENCHING; FREE CARRIERS; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; LUMINESCENCE INTENSITY; MIRROR SYMMETRY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; P-TYPE DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE);

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MATERIALS SCIENCE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; SEMICONDUCTORS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84862511762     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201201157     Document Type: Article

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