Offset energies at organic semiconductor heterojunctions and their influence on the open-circuit voltage of thin-film solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Rand, Barry P ^a   Burk, Diana P ^a   Forrest, Stephen R ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33947701671     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.115327     Document Type: Article

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