Microscopic Mobility of Polarons in Chemically Doped Polythiophenes Measured by Employing Photoluminescence Spectroscopy

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 655-661

  Koyama, Takeshi ^a   Nakamura, Arao ^a,b   Kishida, Hideo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemical doping; one dimensional diffusion; photoluminescence; polaron; polythiophene

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLARONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL DOPING; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLY-THIOPHENE; REAL TIME OBSERVATION; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84921018857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph5000488     Document Type: Article

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