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Organic Semiconductors

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Electronic Properties of Organic Conductors

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Organic semiconductors are used in organic electronic devices. After discussing basic physics of organic semiconductors, organic devices such as light-emitting diodes, transistors, and solar cells are described.

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Mori, T. (2016). Organic Semiconductors. In: Electronic Properties of Organic Conductors. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55264-2_8

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