Device simulation of low-band gap polymer solar cells: Influence of electron-hole pair dissociation and decay rates on open-circuit voltage

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Shang, Yuan ^a   Li, Qikai ^a   Meng, Lingyi ^a   Wang, Dong ^b   Shuai, Zhigang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DECAY RATE; DEVICE MODELS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DEVICE SIMULATIONS; DISSOCIATION RATES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; METHYL ESTERS; MICROSCOPIC PROCESS; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; THIENYL;

ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); ESTERS; EXCITONS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 77958029225     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3494527     Document Type: Article

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