How far can polymer solar cells go? in need of a synergistic approach

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3102-3113

  He, Feng ^a   Yu, Luping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT; NEW DEVICES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; PROCESSING CONDITION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SOFT MATERIAL; TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RESEARCH; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84856353602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201479b     Document Type: Article

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