Electrical and photoresponse properties of printed thin-film transistors based on poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-co -bithiophene) sorted large-diameter semiconducting carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 18243-18250

  Qian, Long ^a,b   Xu, Wenya ^a   Fan, Xiaofeng ^c   Wang, Chao ^a   Zhang, Jianhui ^a   Zhao, Jianwen ^a   Cui, Zheng ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION PROCESS; DISPERSION SOLUTIONS; EFFECTIVE MOBILITIES; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTING-SWCNTS; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS);

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84883660861     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4055022     Document Type: Article

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