Enhanced charge separation in ternary P3HT/PCBM/CuInS2 nanocrystals hybrid solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lefrançois, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Luszczynska, Beata ^a,b,c   Pepin Donat, Brigitte ^a,b,c   Lombard, Christian ^a,b,c   Bouthinon, Benjamin ^b   Verilhac, Jean Marie ^b   Gromova, Marina ^a,b   Faure Vincent, Jérôme ^a,b,c   Pouget, Stéphanie ^a,b   Chandezon, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Sadki, Saïd ^a,b,c   Reiss, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 84922612449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07768     Document Type: Article

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