Electro-optical modeling of bulk heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Kirchartz, Thomas ^a   Pieters, Bart E ^a   Taretto, Kurt ^b   Rau, Uwe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CELLS; CIVIL AVIATION; CYTOLOGY; EXCITONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

ABSORPTANCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COLLECTION PROBABILITIES; CONVENIENT METHODS; DONOR AND ACCEPTORS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EXCITON TRANSPORTS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; FREE CHARGE CARRIERS; FREE EXCITONS; LANGEVIN; OPTICAL MODELING; OPTICAL-; RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATORS;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 56349112442     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3013904     Document Type: Article

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