Origin of the open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6334, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Xue, Jiangeng ^a   Rand, Barry P ^b   Forrest, Stephen R ^c  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode theory; Heterojunction; Open circuit voltage; Organic photovoltaic cells; Organic semiconductors; Organic solar cells; Space charge limited current

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY;

DARK CURRENT; DONOR-ACCEPTOR HETEROJUNCTION CELL; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33846251286     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.684046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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