Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 3
Issue: 9
Pages: 720-731
Citations: 975
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                                    Jianquan Zhang, 
                                
                                    Huei Shuan Tan, 
                                
                                    Xugang Guo
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors. 
                            Nature Energy
                            , 3
                            (9)
                            , 720-731.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0181-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0181-5