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Title: Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [4];  [4];  [3]
  1. Department of Chemistry and Energy Institute The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong, Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL) North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 USA
  2. Department of Chemistry and Energy Institute The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong
  3. Department of Chemistry and Energy Institute The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong, Hong Kong Branch of Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration and Reconstruction The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong, HKUST‐Shenzhen Research Institute No. 9 Yuexing 1st Road, Hi‐tech Park Nanshan Shenzhen 518057 China
  4. Department of Physics and Organic and Carbon Electronics Lab (ORaCEL) North Carolina State University Raleigh NC 27695 USA
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1396413
Grant/Contract Number:  
DE‐AC02‐05CH11231
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Energy Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Volume: 8 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Hu, Huawei, Jiang, Kui, Chow, Philip C. Y., Ye, Long, Zhang, Guangye, Li, Zhengke, Carpenter, Joshua H., Ade, Harald, and Yan, He. Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells. Germany: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201701674.
Hu, Huawei, Jiang, Kui, Chow, Philip C. Y., Ye, Long, Zhang, Guangye, Li, Zhengke, Carpenter, Joshua H., Ade, Harald, & Yan, He. Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701674
Hu, Huawei, Jiang, Kui, Chow, Philip C. Y., Ye, Long, Zhang, Guangye, Li, Zhengke, Carpenter, Joshua H., Ade, Harald, and Yan, He. Wed . "Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701674.
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title = {Influence of Donor Polymer on the Molecular Ordering of Small Molecular Acceptors in Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells},
author = {Hu, Huawei and Jiang, Kui and Chow, Philip C. Y. and Ye, Long and Zhang, Guangye and Li, Zhengke and Carpenter, Joshua H. and Ade, Harald and Yan, He},
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doi = {10.1002/aenm.201701674},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 5,
volume = 8,
place = {Germany},
year = {2017},
month = {10}
}

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