Nanostructure determines the intensity-dependence of open-circuit voltage in plastic solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Reid, Obadiah G ^a   Xin, Hao ^b   Jenekhe, Samson A ^a,b   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; IDEALITY FACTORS; INTENSITY DEPENDENCE; LATERAL VARIATIONS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCAL MEASUREMENT; LOCAL VARIATIONS; METHYL ESTERS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASTIC SOLAR CELLS; QUALITATIVE METHOD; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MEASUREMENTS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 78149432191     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3482009     Document Type: Article

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