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Strategies to achieve efficiencies of over 19% for organic solar cells

Xingchi Xiao, Malika Chalh, Zhi Rong Loh, Esther Mbina, Tao Xu, Roger C. Hiorns, Yujia Li, Maloy Das, Kekeli N’konou, Leonard W.T. Ng

Cell Reports Physical Science· Volume 6· Issue 1

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