Initial stage of photoinduced oxidation of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) layers on ZnO under dry and humid air

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3483-3489

  Jeong, Myung Geun ^a   Seo, Hyun Ook ^a   Kim, Dae Han ^a   Kim, Kwang Dae ^a   Park, Eun Ji ^a   Kim, Young Dok ^a,b   Lim, Dong Chan ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

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EID: 84894539702     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4083135     Document Type: Article

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