The authors wish to acknowledge N. Archuleta and E. Fish for their technical assistance. The work was supported by the Sandia LDRD program and by the Division of Material Sciences and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy under Contract no. DE-AC04-94AL85000. Supporting Information is available online from Wiley InterScience or from the author.
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Photocurrent Enhancement in Polythiophene- and Alkanethiol-Modified ZnO Solar Cells†
Article first published online: 27 NOV 2008
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200801082
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Monson, T. C., Lloyd, M. T., Olson, D. C., Lee, Y.-J. and Hsu, J. W. P. (2008), Photocurrent Enhancement in Polythiophene- and Alkanethiol-Modified ZnO Solar Cells. Adv. Mater., 20: 4755–4759. doi: 10.1002/adma.200801082
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- Issue published online: 16 DEC 2008
- Article first published online: 27 NOV 2008
- Manuscript Revised: 27 JUN 2008
- Manuscript Received: 18 APR 2008
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