Plasmonically sensitized metal-oxide electron extraction layers for organic solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Trost, S ^a   Becker, T ^a   Zilberberg, K ^a   Behrendt, A ^a   Polywka, A ^a   Heiderhoff, R ^a   Gorrn P ^a   Riedl, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 84941177058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07765     Document Type: Article

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