Singlet exciton fission photovoltaics

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1300-1311

  Lee, Jiye ^a   Jadhav, Priya ^a   Reusswig, Philip D ^a   Yost, Shane R ^a   Thompson, Nicholas J ^a   Congreve, Daniel N ^a   Hontz, Eric ^a   Van Voorhis, Troy ^a   Baldo, Marc A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84879222727     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300288e     Document Type: Review

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