Meaning of reaction orders in polymer:fullerene solar cells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Kirchartz, Thomas ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867447234     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.165201     Document Type: Article

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