Mobility is an important charge-transport parameter in organic, inorganic and hybrid semiconductors. We outline some of the common pitfalls of mobility extraction from field-effect transistor (FET) measurements and propose practical recommendations to avoid reporting erroneous mobilities in publications.
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Choi, H., Cho, K., Frisbie, C. et al. Critical assessment of charge mobility extraction in FETs. Nature Mater 17, 2–7 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat5035
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