Intensity-dependent photocurrent generation at the anode in bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Moule A J ^a,b   Meerholz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ACTIVE LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (EQE); HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTENSITY DEPENDENT; LAYER THICKNESSES; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATION (PCG); PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL) (P3HT);

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EID: 47749127281     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-008-3081-8     Document Type: Article

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