Efficient organic photovoltaic diodes based on doped pentacene

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6768, 2000, Pages 408-410

  Schon J H ^a,b   Kloc, Ch ^a   Bucher, E ^a,b   Batlogg, B ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; IODINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 0034719446     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35000172     Document Type: Article

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