Laminated fabrication of polymeric photovoltaic diodes

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6699, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Granstrom M ^a   Petritsch, K ^a   Arias, A C ^a   Lux, A ^b   Andersson, M R ^c   Friend, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge Display Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0032541624     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26183     Document Type: Article

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