Origin of the open circuit voltage in conjugated polymer-fullerene photovoltaic cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5215, Issue , 2004, Pages 111-118

  Kim, Heejoo ^a   Jin, Sung Ho ^a   Suh, Hongsuk ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymer; Electron affinity; Fullerene; Ionization potential; Open circuit voltage; Photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FULLERENES; IONIZATION; MIM DEVICES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON AFFINITY; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 1942485898     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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