Vibrational spectroscopy of electronic processes in emerging photovoltaic materials

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1538-1547

  Jeong, Kwang S ^a   Pensack, Ryan D ^a   Asbury, John B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84880320633     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300300m     Document Type: Article

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