Effect of traps on the performance of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 26, 2007, Pages

  Mandoc, M M ^a   Kooistra, F B ^a   Hummelen, J C ^a   De Boer, B ^a   Blom, P W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRAPS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; RECOMBINATION STRENGTH; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 37549003974     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2821368     Document Type: Article

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