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Journal of Semiconductors
Vol. 44, Issue 1, 010202 (2023)

The voltage loss in organic solar cells

Zheng Tang^1、* and Liming Ding^2、**

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China

²Center 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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