Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: A Mechanistic Understanding of Processing Additive‐Induced Efficiency Enhancement in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells (Adv. Mater. 2/2014). (January 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schmidt, Kristin; Tassone, Christopher J.; Niskala, Jeremy R.; Yiu, Alan T.; Lee, Olivia P.; Weiss, Thomas M.; Wang, Cheng; Fréchet, Jean M. J.; Beaujuge, Pierre M.; Toney, Michael F.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 2(2014)
• Page Start: 299
• Page End: 299
• Publication Date: 2014-01
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201470010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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