Origin of the open circuit voltage of donor-acceptor solar cells: Do polaronic energy levels play a role?

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Cravino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLARONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

POLARONIC ENERGY LEVELS; SINGLE OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL (SOMO);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 37149027825     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2817930     Document Type: Article

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