Design and synthesis of molecular donors for solution-processed high-efficiency organic solar cells

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 257-270

  Coughlin, Jessica E ^a   Henson, Zachary B ^a   Welch, Gregory C ^b   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84892748136     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400136b     Document Type: Article

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