Simultaneous determination of carrier lifetime and electron density-of-states in P3HT:PCBM organic solar cells under illumination by impedance spectroscopy

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 366-375

  Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^a   Boix, Pablo P ^a   Bisquert, Juan ^a   Sessolo, Michele ^b   Bolink, Henk J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Impedance spectroscopy; Lifetime; Organic solar cell

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENERGY POSITION; GAUSSIAN SHAPE; GAUSSIANS; ILLUMINATION LEVELS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOFULLERENES; OPEN CIRCUITS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENT; RECOMBINATION KINETICS; RECOMBINATION RATE; RECOMBINATION TIME; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; ELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 72149090645     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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