Modeling the optical absorption within conjugated polymer/fullerene-based bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-113

  Hoppe, H ^a   Arnold, N ^a   Sariciftci, N S ^a   Meissner, D ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Absorption; Internal quantum efficiency; Optical modeling; Plastic solar cell; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0141569856     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(03)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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