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Photonics Research
Vol. 9, Issue 3, 324 (2021)

19.34 cm² large-area quaternary organic photovoltaic module with 12.36% certified efficiency | Spotlight on Optics

Ziyan Jia¹, Zeng Chen², Xu Chen¹, Jizhong Yao³, Buyi Yan³, Rui Sheng³, Haiming Zhu², and Yang (Michael) Yang^1、*

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¹State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

²Center for Chemistry of High-Performance & Novel Materials, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

³Hangzhou Microquanta Semiconductor Inc., Hangzhou 311121, China

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