Polymer solar cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage and efficiency

Nature Photonics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 649-653

  Chen, Hsiang Yu ^a,b   Hou, Jianhui ^a   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a   Liang, Yongye ^c   Yang, Guanwen ^b   Yang, Yang ^b   Yu, Luping ^c   Wu, Yue ^a   Li, Gang ^a  

^a Solarmer Energy Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70350774564     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.192     Document Type: Article

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