High performance polymer solar cells with as-prepared zirconium acetylacetonate film as cathode buffer layer

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tan, Zhan'Ao ^a   Li, Shusheng ^a   Wang, Fuzhi ^a   Qian, Deping ^a   Lin, Jun ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^b   Li, Yongfang ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84906083749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04691     Document Type: Article

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