Efficiency enhancement in organic photovoltaic cells: Consequences of optimizing series resistance

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-104

  Servaites, Jonathan D ^a   Yeganeh, Sina ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL SIZE; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RESPONSE; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; EFFICIENCY LOSS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MATERIALS PARAMETERS; METHYL ESTERS; MODELING APPROACH; OPTIMIZATION EFFECTS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESISTIVE LOSS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SMALL AREA; TEST CELL; TRANSPARENT ANODES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 76149090798     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200901107     Document Type: Article

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