Influence of the acceptor on electrical performance and charge carrier transport in bulk heterojunction solar cells with HXS-1

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3386-3392

  Ahme, Helene ^a,b   Lee, Myounghee ^b   Im, Chan ^b   Würfel, Uli ^a,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84894566032     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408705r     Document Type: Article

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