Gold nanorods incorporated cathode for better performance of polymer solar cells

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mahmoud, Alaa Y ^a,b,c   Izquierdo, Ricardo ^b   Truong, Vo Van ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84894855020     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/464160     Document Type: Article

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