Increasing the open circuit voltage of bulk-heterojunction solar cells by raising the LUMO level of the acceptor

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-554

  Kooistra, Floris B ^a   Knol, Joop ^a   Kastenberg, Fredrik ^a   Popescu, Lacramioara M ^a   Verhees, Wiljan J H ^b   Kroon, Jan M ^b   Hummelen, Jan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33847797254     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062666p     Document Type: Article

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