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Title: Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells

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  1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Molecularly Engineered Energy Materials (MEEM)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1370244
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OSTI ID: 1180986
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001342; CHE-1112569; MCTP-DGE-0654431
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Applied
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 3; Journal Issue: 4; Related Information: MEEM partners with University of California, Los Angeles (lead); University of California, Berkeley; Eastern Washington University; University of Kansas; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Journal ID: ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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Hawks, Steven A., Finck, Benjamin Y., and Schwartz, Benjamin J. Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.044014.
Hawks, Steven A., Finck, Benjamin Y., & Schwartz, Benjamin J. Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.044014
Hawks, Steven A., Finck, Benjamin Y., and Schwartz, Benjamin J. Thu . "Theory of Current Transients in Planar Semiconductor Devices: Insights and Applications to Organic Solar Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.044014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1370244.
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