Origin of the open-circuit voltage in multilayer heterojunction organic solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Potscavage Jr , W J ^a   Yoo, S ^a,b   Kippelen, B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MATERIALS SUPPORTS; MULTILAYER HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; REVERSE SATURATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT STUDIES; VACUUM LEVELS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 56249147784     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3027061     Document Type: Article

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