Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 15, Issue 2, 12200(2022)
TCNQ-based organic cocrystal integrated red emission and n-type charge transport
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Mengjia Jiang, Shuyu Li, Chun Zhen, Lingsong Wang, Fei Li, Yihan Zhang, Weibing Dong, Xiaotao Zhang, Wenping Hu. TCNQ-based organic cocrystal integrated red emission and n-type charge transport[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2022, 15(2): 12200
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Received: Dec. 14, 2021
Accepted: Jan. 13, 2022
Published Online: Jan. 18, 2023
The Author Email: Xiaotao Zhang (zhangxt@tju.edu.cn)