Charge transport study of semiconducting polymers and their bulk heterojunction blends by capacitance measurements

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 649-658

  Chan, Kevin K H ^a   Tsang, S W ^b   Lee, Harrison K H ^a   So, F ^b   So, S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

admittance spectroscopy; carrier mobility; charge transport; conducting polymers; energetic disorder; photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

[6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON BLOCKING; ELECTRON LEAKAGE; ENERGETIC DISORDER; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CAPACITANCE; GAUSSIAN DISORDER MODELS; HOLE INJECTION LAYERS; HOLE TRANSPORTS; METHYL ESTERS; NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER COMPOSITION; PRISTINE POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRAPPING LAYERS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84874717586     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23236     Document Type: Article

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