Differentially pumped spray deposition as a rapid screening tool for organic and perovskite solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jung, Yen Sook ^a,b   Hwang, Kyeongil ^a,b   Scholes, Fiona H ^a   Watkins, Scott E ^a   Kim, Dong Yu ^b   Vak, Doojin ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84957561015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20357     Document Type: Article

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