Charge transport in poly(3-hexylthiophene):CdSe nanocrystals hybrid thin films investigated with time-of-flight measurements

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Couderc, Elsa ^a,b   Bruyant, Nicolas ^a,c   Fiore, Angela ^a,d   Chandezon, Frédéric ^a   Djurado, David ^a   Reiss, Peter ^a   Faure Vincent, Jérôme ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD DEPENDENCE; HYBRID THIN FILM; INTERSITE COUPLING; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); TIME OF FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84884780381     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4749840     Document Type: Article

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