Enhancement in open circuit voltage induced by deep interface hole traps in polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Chunfu ^a,b   Tong, S W ^a   Zhu, Chunxiang ^a   Jiang, Changyun ^b   Kang, E T ^a   Chan, D S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HOLE TRAPS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; E-BEAM DEPOSITIONS; EFFECTIVE WORK FUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; INTERFACE HOLES; NEGATIVE CHARGES; OPEN CIRCUITS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; POLYMER FULLERENES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 62549096845     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3093831     Document Type: Article

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