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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 104825, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/104825
Research Article
UV-Ozone Treatment on Cs2CO3 Interfacial Layer for the Improvement of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells
Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Optical Information of Ministry of Education, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
Received 11 November 2012; Revised 24 December 2012; Accepted 4 January 2013
Academic Editor: Jian Wei
Copyright © 2013 Yusheng Xin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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