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A review is given on the energy levels, the generation and recombination, the transport and the trap kinetics of electrons and holes in organic molecular crystals with van der Waals bonds. Convincing experimental results are discussed which have led to basic aspects for a theoretical understanding. In this connection photoemission, injection, recombination-luminescence and the importance of space-charges are treated, whereas conduction in organic liquids, in polymers, in charge-transfer complexes and in radical ion salts is only briefly touched.
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Karl, N. (1974). Organic semiconductors. In: Queisser, H.J. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 14. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0108470
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