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Journal of Semiconductors
Vol. 43, Issue 8, 080201 (2022)

Singlet fission and its application in organic solar cells

Yamin Zhang¹, Zuo Xiao³, Liming Ding^3、*, and Hao-Li Zhang^1、2、**

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design (MoE), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

²Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

³Center for Excellence in Nanoscience (CAS), Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication (CAS), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China

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