Trap-Assisted Charge Injection into Large Bandgap Polymer Semiconductors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, D.; Fina, M.; Kim, S.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, T.; Deng, Y.; Chen, K.; Liang, L.; Mao, S.S.; Minor, A.M.; et al. Trap-Assisted Charge Injection into Large Bandgap Polymer Semiconductors. Materials 2019, 12, 2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12152427
Wang D, Fina M, Kim S, Zhang C, Zhang T, Deng Y, Chen K, Liang L, Mao SS, Minor AM, et al. Trap-Assisted Charge Injection into Large Bandgap Polymer Semiconductors. Materials. 2019; 12(15):2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12152427
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Dongdong, Michael Fina, Suhan Kim, Chunmei Zhang, Ting Zhang, Yonghong Deng, Kai Chen, Lijuan Liang, Samuel S. Mao, Andrew M. Minor, and et al. 2019. "Trap-Assisted Charge Injection into Large Bandgap Polymer Semiconductors" Materials 12, no. 15: 2427. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12152427