Directional Charge-Carrier Transport in Oriented Benzodithiophene Covalent Organic Framework Thin Films

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2706-2713

  Medina, Dana D ^a   Petrus, Michiel L ^a   Jumabekov, Askhat N ^c   Margraf, Johannes T ^b,d   Weinberger, Simon ^a   Rotter, Julian M ^a   Clark, Timothy ^b   Bein, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transport; covalent organic frameworks; electrical conductivity; hole mobility; impedance spectroscopy; thin films

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HOLE MOBILITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 85016301790     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b07692     Document Type: Article

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