Laser-assisted reduction of graphene oxide for flexible, large-area optoelectronics

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kymakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Petridis, Constantinos ^a,b   Anthopoulos, Thomas D ^c   Stratakis, Emmanuel ^d,e  

^a Technical High School of Crete   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Graphene; Graphene oxide (GO); Organic photovoltaics (OPVs); Transistors

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; GRAPHENE OXIDES; LARGE-AREA OPTOELECTRONICS; LASER-BASED METHODS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POST-FABRICATION METHOD; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SUBSTRATES; TRANSISTORS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84883805860     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2273414     Document Type: Article

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