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Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 46, Issue 8, 082801(2025)

Investigating the doping performance of an ionic dopant for organic semiconductors and thermoelectric applications

Jing Guo1,2, Yaru Feng1, Jinjun Zhang1, Jing Zhang3, Ping−An Chen4,5, Huan Wei4, Xincan Qiu4,6, Yu Liu4,6, Jiangnan Xia4, Huajie Chen7, Yugang Bai8, Lang Jiang9、*, and Yuanyuan Hu2、**
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  • 1School of Physics and Information Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 031000, China
  • 2Changsha Semiconductor Technology and Application Innovation Research Institute, College of Semiconductors (College of Integrated Circuits), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 3Research Institute of Materials Science, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Magnetic Materials and Devices, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 031000, China
  • 4International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Base for Advanced Display Technologies of Hunan Province, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 5School of Electrical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
  • 6Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for 3D Scene Visualization and Intelligence Education, School of Electronic Information, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
  • 7Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Applications of Ministry of Education College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • 8State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
  • 9Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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    Jing Guo, Yaru Feng, Jinjun Zhang, Jing Zhang, Ping−An Chen, Huan Wei, Xincan Qiu, Yu Liu, Jiangnan Xia, Huajie Chen, Yugang Bai, Lang Jiang, Yuanyuan Hu. Investigating the doping performance of an ionic dopant for organic semiconductors and thermoelectric applications[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2025, 46(8): 082801

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 21, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 27, 2025

    The Author Email: Lang Jiang (LJiang), Yuanyuan Hu (YYHu)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/25010027

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