Abnormally high photocurrent of a degraded organic solar cell under chopped light

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1394-1397

  Song, Qun Liang ^a   Yang, Hong Bin ^a   Gan, Ye ^a   Li, Chang Ming ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chopper frequency; Degradation; Light bias; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CHOPPER FREQUENCY; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT;

DEGRADATION; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 67349119195     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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