Effective Solution‐ and Vacuum‐Processed n‐Doping by Dimers of Benzimidazoline Radicals

B. D. Naab, [+] Prof. Z. Bao Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University 359 N-S Axis Stauffer III , Stanford , CA 94303 , U. S. E-mail: zbao@stanford.edu S. Zhang, [+] Dr. S. Barlow, Prof. S. R. Marder Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Georgia Institute of Technology 901 Atlantic Drive , Atlanta , GA 30332 , U. S. E-mail: stephen.barlow@chemistry.gatech.edu; seth.marder@chemistry.gatech.edu K. Vandewal, Prof. A. Salleo Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University 496 Lomita Mall Durand Building Stanford , CA 94305 , U.S.

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