Unified theory of geminate and bulk electron-hole recombination in organic solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6808-6813

  Hilczer, Maria ^a   Tachiya, M ^b  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK CHARGE; BULK ELECTRONS; BULK RECOMBINATION; CELL EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LANGEVIN THEORY; ONSAGER RADIUS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RECOMBINATION LOSS; RECOMBINATION RATE; UNIFIED THEORY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

EID: 77951080403     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp912262h     Document Type: Article

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