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

The voltage loss in organic solar cells

Zheng Tang^1、* and Liming Ding^2、**

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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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Received: Oct. 22, 2022

Accepted: --

Published Online: Feb. 22, 2023

The Author Email: Zheng Tang (ztang@dhu.edu.cn), Liming Ding (ding@nanoctr.cn)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/1/010202

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