Cosolvent approach for solution-processable electronic thin films

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4398-4405

  Lin, Zhaoyang ^a   He, Qiyuan ^a   Yin, Anxiang ^a   Xu, Yuxi ^a   Wang, Chen ^b   Ding, Mengning ^a   Cheng, Hung Chieh ^b   Papandrea, Benjamin ^a   Huang, Yu ^a,b   Duan, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible electronics; semiconductor; solution process; solvent; thin films

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; ENERGY GAP; FILMS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; HYDRAZINE; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS;

INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; LARGE-SCALE MANUFACTURING; SEMI-CONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTING THIN FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR THIN FILMS; SOLUTION PROCESS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE;

SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928978869     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00886     Document Type: Article

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