Acoustic Enhancement of Polymer/ZnO Nanorod Photovoltaic Device Performance. (6th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shoaee, Safa; Briscoe, Joe; Durrant, James R.; Dunn, Steve
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 263
• Page End: 268
• Publication Date: 2013-11-06
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201303304
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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