High performance photovoltaic applications using solution-processed small molecules

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2645-2655

  Chen, Yongsheng ^a   Wan, Xiangjian ^a   Long, Guankui ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84888584004     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400088c     Document Type: Article

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