Correlating reduced fill factor in polymer solar cells to contact effects

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Gupta, Dhritiman ^a   Bag, Monojit ^a   Narayan, K S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CATHODES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MELTING POINT;

CATHODE-POLYMER INTERFACES; CONTACT EFFECTS; POLYMER INTERFACE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 40549088963     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2841062     Document Type: Article

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