P-Doping of squaraine with F4-TCNQ by solution processing

ITE Transactions on Media Technology and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 133-142

  Nikiforov, Gueorgui O ^a   Ono, Luis K ^a   Qi, Yabing ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Doping; F4 TCNQ; Solar cell; Solution processing; Squaraine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952024312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21867364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3169/mta.3.133     Document Type: Article

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