The effect of morphology upon mobility: Implications for bulk heterojunction solar cells with nonuniform blend morphology

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Groves, C ^a   Koster, L J A ^a   Greenham, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; BLEND MORPHOLOGY; BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DEGREE OF CONTROL; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DOMAIN SIZE; DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; MONTE CARLO MODEL; NONUNIFORM; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC DONORS; PV PERFORMANCE; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED; THICK LAYERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOSFET DEVICES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 67249138612     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3117493     Document Type: Article

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