All-Polymer Solar Cell Performance Optimized via Systematic Molecular Weight Tuning of Both Donor and Acceptor Polymers

Zhou, Nanjia; Dudnik, Alexander S.; Manley, Eric F.; Aldrich, Thomas J.; Guo, Peijun; Liao, Hsueh-Chung; Chen, Zhihua; Chen, Lin X.; Chang, Robert P.H.; Facchetti, Antonio; Marks, Tobin J.

doi:10.1021/jacs.5b10735

Title: All-Polymer Solar Cell Performance Optimized via Systematic Molecular Weight Tuning of Both Donor and Acceptor Polymers

Journal Article · Thu Feb 18 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b10735· OSTI ID:1239399

Zhou, Nanjia; Dudnik, Alexander S.; Manley, Eric F.; Aldrich, Thomas J.; Guo, Peijun; Liao, Hsueh-Chung; Chen, Zhihua; Chen, Lin X.; Chang, Robert P.H.; Facchetti, Antonio; Marks, Tobin J. ^[1]

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

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Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 138, Issue (4) ; 02, 2016; ISSN 0002-7863

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Country of Publication:: United States

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