Polymer solar cells

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1996, 2013, Pages

  Greenham, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exciton fission; Organic semiconductors; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONTROL NANOSTRUCTURES; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER-BASED PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; RECENT PROGRESS; SHOCKLEY-QUEISSER LIMITS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84880047517     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0414     Document Type: Article

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