Temperature dependence of open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells from generationrecombination kinetic balance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2166-2169

  Garcia Belmonte, Germ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Generationrecombination; Open circuit voltage; Organic solar cells; Temperature coefficient

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN STATISTICS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CRITICAL VALUE; DENSITY-OF-STATES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; GENERATION-RECOMBINATION; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; KINETIC BALANCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; OCCUPANCY CONDITIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOGENERATION; RECOMBINATION RATE; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77957684407     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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