Universality in the intensity-modulated photocurrent in bulk-heterojunction polymer solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bag, Monojit ^a   Narayan, K S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 77957604807     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075308     Document Type: Article

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