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Faster holes by delocalization

Terahertz photoconductivity measurements coupled with theoretical modelling reveals that thermal transient excitations to more delocalized states enhances hole mobility in organic molecular semiconductors.

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Fig. 1: Schematic sketch of a phase diagram for carrier transport.

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Shuai, Z. Faster holes by delocalization. Nat. Mater. 22, 1277–1278 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01675-1

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