Front Cover: Charge generation in organic solar cells: Journey toward 20% power conversion efficiency
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Owing to the enormous contributions of many researchers, power conversion efficiencies organic solar cells (OSCs) now exceed 19%. In this review (e280), a photophysicist's views charge generation in OSCs including exciton diffusion, transfer at donor:acceptor interface, and long-range dissociation as well future research directions for realizing further improvements are discussed.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Aggregate
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2692-4560', '2766-8541']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/agt2.86