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π-Conjugated Polymers for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors: Molecular Design Strategies,

Zhicai Chen1,2, Xinliang Ding1, Junwei Wang2

  • 1Department State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China.

Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|January 2, 2025
PubMed

Keywords:
Organic bioelectronicsOrganic electrochemical transistorsOrganic mixed ionic/electronic conductorsπ-Conjugated polymers

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