Interface state recombination in organic solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Street, R A ^a   Schoendorf, M ^a   Roy, A ^b   Lee, J H ^b  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77955747169     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205307     Document Type: Article

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