Importance of Electric-Field-Independent Mobilities in Thick-Film Organic Solar Cells

Ho, Carr Hoi Yi; Pei, Yusen; Qin, Yunpeng; Zhang, Chujun; Peng, Zhengxing; Angunawela, Indunil; Jones, Austin L.; Yin, Hang; Iqbal, Hamna F.; Reynolds, John R.; Gundogdu, Kenan; Ade, Harald; So, Shu Kong; So, Franky

doi:10.1021/acsami.2c11265

Importance of Electric-Field-Independent Mobilities in Thick-Film Organic Solar Cells

Journal Article · 11 October 2022 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c11265· OSTI ID:2422690

Ho, Carr Hoi Yi ^[1]; Pei, Yusen ^[1]; Qin, Yunpeng ^[2]; Zhang, Chujun ^[3]; ^[2]; Angunawela, Indunil ^[2]; Jones, Austin L. ^[4]; Yin, Hang ^[3]; Iqbal, Hamna F. ^[1]; ^[4]; ^[2]; Ade, Harald ^[2]; So, Shu Kong ^[3]; ^[1]

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL), North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina27695, United States
Department of Physics, and Organic and Carbon Electronics Laboratories (ORaCEL)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina27695, United States
Department of Physics and Institute of Advanced Materials, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry School of Materials Science and Engineering Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Georgia Tech Polymer Network, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, Georgia30332, United States

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2422690

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 42 Vol. 14; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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