The effect of active layer thickness on the efficiency of polymer solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5938, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Moulé, Adam J ^a   Bonekamp, Jörg B ^a   Ruhl, Alexander ^a   Klesper, Heike ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficiency; P3HT; PCBM; Thickness

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS;

P3HT; PCBM; THICKNESS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 31744449368     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.620452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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