Device physics and operation of lateral bulk heterojunction devices

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4503-4509

  Lombardo, Christopher J ^a   Danielson, Eric L ^a   Glaz, Micah S ^a   Ooi, Zi En ^b   Vanden Bout, David A ^a   Dodabalapur, Ananth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; ELECTRIC FIELD PROFILES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84876748482     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp308594b     Document Type: Article

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