Controlling Molecular Weight of a High Efficiency Donor‐Acceptor Conjugated Polymer and Understanding Its Significant Impact on Photovoltaic Properties. (14th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Wentao; Yang, Liqiang; Tumbleston, John R.; Yan, Liang; Ade, Harald; You, Wei
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 26(2014)
• Page Start: 4456
• Page End: 4462
• Publication Date: 2014-03-14
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201305251
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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