Oxygen doping of P3HT:PCBM blends: Influence on trap states, charge carrier mobility and solar cell performance

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1693-1700

  Schafferhans, Julia ^a   Baumann, Andreas ^a   Wagenpfahl, Alexander ^a   Deibel, Carsten ^a   Dyakonov, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CELIV; Degradation; Macroscopic simulation; Organic solar cells; Oxygen; TSC

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OXYGEN; POISSON EQUATION;

CELIV; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION SYSTEMS; DRIFTDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; MACROSCOPIC SIMULATION; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955669497     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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