High-performance ternary blend polymer solar cells involving both energy transfer and hole relay processes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lu, Luyao ^a   Chen, Wei ^b,c   Xu, Tao ^a   Yu, Luping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL;

EID: 84930656151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8327     Document Type: Article

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