Evidence for space-charge-limited conduction in organic photovoltaic cells at open-circuit conditions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Di Nuzzo, Daniele ^a   Van Reenen, Stephan ^a   Janssen, René A J ^a   Kemerink, Martijn ^a   Meskers, Stefan C J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874546100     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085207     Document Type: Article

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