Optical modeling of organic solar cells based on CuPc and C60

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Monestier, Florent ^a   Simon, Jean Jacques ^a   Torchio, Philippe ^a   Escoubas, Ludovic ^a   Ratier, Bernard ^b   Hojeij, Wassim ^b   Lucas, Bruno ^b   Moliton, André ^b   Cathelinaud, Michel ^c   Defranoux, Christophe ^d   Flory, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d SOPRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CURRENT DENSITY; EXCITONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; STYRENE;

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; ELECTRICAL MODELING; EXCITON DIFFUSION; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 50849115506     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.00C251     Document Type: Article

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