Recyclable organic solar cells on cellulose nanocrystal substrates

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Yinhua ^a   Fuentes Hernandez, Canek ^a   Khan, Talha M ^a   Liu, Jen Chieh ^b   Hsu, James ^a   Shim, Jae Won ^a   Dindar, Amir ^a   Youngblood, Jeffrey P ^b   Moon, Robert J ^b,c   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POWER SUPPLY; RECYCLING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELLULOSE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; RECYCLING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84875772155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01536     Document Type: Article

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