Role of dopants in long-range charge carrier transport for p-type and n-type graphene transparent conducting thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 7251-7261

  Bult, Justin B ^a   Crisp, Ryan ^a   Perkins, Craig L ^a   Blackburn, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

charged impurity; conductivity; graphene; mobility; photovoltaics; scattering; temperature dependent; transparent conductor; transport

Indexed keywords

CHARGED IMPURITY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS; TRANSPORT;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODES; HYDRAZINE; SCATTERING; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883239322     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn402673z     Document Type: Article

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