High-efficiency solution processable polymer photovoltaic cells by self-organization of polymer blends

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 864-868

  Li, Gang ^a   Shrotriya, Vishal ^a   Huang, Jinsong ^a   Yao, Yan ^a   Moriarty, Tom ^b   Emery, Keith ^b   Yang, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLE MOBILITY; POLYMER BLENDS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

CHARGE TRANSPORT; POLYMER CELLS; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 33644634092     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1500     Document Type: Article

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