Achieving EQE of 16,700% in P3HT:PC 71 BM based photodetectors by trap-assisted photomultiplication

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Lingliang ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   An, Qiaoshi ^a   Sun, Qianqian ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Teng, Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84924973782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09181     Document Type: Article

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