Bimolecular recombination losses in polythiophene: Fullerene solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Shuttle, C G ^a   O'Regan, B ^a   Ballantyne, A M ^a   Nelson, J ^a   Bradley, D D C ^a   Durrant, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51749116485     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.113201     Document Type: Article

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