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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 030 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 030 (2024)
    Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells
    Bosen Zou1,†, Weiwei Wu1,†, Top Archie Dela Peña1,3,4,†, Ruijie Ma2,*..., Yongmin Luo3, Yulong Hai3, Xiyun Xie2, Mingjie Li4, Zhenghui Luo5,**, Jiaying Wu3,***, Chuluo Yang5, Gang Li1 and He Yan1,****|Show fewer author(s)
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry and 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 Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao (GHM) Joint Laboratory for Photonic-Thermal-Electrical Energy Materials and Devices, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, People’s Republic of China
  • 3The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Function Hub, Advanced Materials Thrust, NanshaGuangzhou 511400, People’s Republic of China
  • 4Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • 5Shenzhen Key Laboratory of New Information Display and Storage Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01241-z Cite this Article
    Bosen Zou, Weiwei Wu, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Xiyun Xie, Mingjie Li, Zhenghui Luo, Jiaying Wu, Chuluo Yang, Gang Li, He Yan. Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 030 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Bosen Zou, Weiwei Wu, Top Archie Dela Peña, Ruijie Ma, Yongmin Luo, Yulong Hai, Xiyun Xie, Mingjie Li, Zhenghui Luo, Jiaying Wu, Chuluo Yang, Gang Li, He Yan. Step-by-Step Modulation of Crystalline Features and Exciton Kinetics for 19.2% Efficiency Ortho-Xylene Processed Organic Solar Cells[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 030
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