Field dependent and disorder-induced nonlinear charge transport in electrochemically doped polypyrrole devices

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 50, 2014, Pages

  Anjaneyulu, P ^a   Varade, Vaibhav ^b   Suchand Sangeeth, C S ^c   Ramesh, K P ^b   Menon, R ^b  

^a GITAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Disorder; Localization

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; POLYPYRROLES; THERMAL LOGGING;

DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCES; DISORDER; FIELD DEPENDENCE; LOCALIZATION; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOURS; NONLINEAR CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DECREASE;

CARRIER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84913570321     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/50/505106     Document Type: Article

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