Quantitative relations between interaction parameter, miscibility and function in organic solar cells

Ye, Long; Hu, Huawei; Ghasemi, Masoud; Wang, Tonghui; Collins, Brian A.; Kim, Joo-Hyun; Jiang, Kui; Carpenter, Joshua H.; Li, Hong; Li, Zhengke; McAfee, Terry; Zhao, Jingbo; Chen, Xiankai; Lai, Joshua Lin Yuk; Ma, Tingxuan; Bredas, Jean-Luc; Yan, He; Ade, Harald

doi:10.1038/s41563-017-0005-1

Quantitative relations between interaction parameter, miscibility and function in organic solar cells

Journal Article · Mon Feb 05 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-017-0005-1· OSTI ID:1539822

^[1]; Hu, Huawei; Ghasemi, Masoud; Wang, Tonghui; Collins, Brian A.; Kim, Joo-Hyun; Jiang, Kui; Carpenter, Joshua H.; ; Li, Zhengke; McAfee, Terry; ; Chen, Xiankai; ; Ma, Tingxuan; Bredas, Jean-Luc; Yan, He; Ade, Harald

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Research Organization:: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-98ER45737; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1539822

Journal Information:: Nature Materials, Journal Name: Nature Materials Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 17; ISSN 1476-1122

Publisher:: Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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