PFO-DBT:MEH-PPV:PC71BM ternary blend assisted platform as a photodetector

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 965-978

  Zafar, Qayyum ^a   Ahmad, Zubair ^a   Sulaiman, Khaulah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

MEH PPV; Organic photodetector; PFO DBT; Ternary blend

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTODETECTORS;

FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; MEH-PPV; OPTICAL POWER DENSITY; ORGANIC PHOTODETECTOR; ORGANIC PHOTODETECTOR (OPD); PFO-DBT; PHOTORESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; TERNARY BLENDS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 84920901620     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150100965     Document Type: Article

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