Trap-Assisted Photomultiplication Polymer Photodetectors Obtaining an External Quantum Efficiency of 37 500%

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5890-5897

  Li, Lingliang ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Wang, Wenbin ^a   An, Qiaoshi ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Sun, Qianqian ^a   Zhang, Miao ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

band bending; organic photodetector; photomultiplication; trap; tunneling injection

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BUTYRIC ACID; CATHODES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS;

BANDBENDING; ORGANIC PHOTODETECTOR; PHOTOMULTIPLICATION; TRAP; TUNNELING INJECTION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 84925379632     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00041     Document Type: Article

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