Monte-Carlo simulations of geminate electron-hole pair dissociation in a molecular heterojunction

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5938, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Offermans, Ton ^a,b   Meskers, Stefan C J ^a,b   Janssen, René A J ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge pair dissociation; Charge recombination; Disorder; Monte carlo simulation; Photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DISSOCIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CHARGE PAIR DISSOCIATION; CHARGE RECOMBINATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 31744433466     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.615681     Document Type: Conference Paper

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