Modeling the ultimate efficiency of polymer solar cell using Marcus theory of electron transfer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-194

  Godovsky, Dmitry ^a,b  

^a LG TCM   (Russian Federation)

^b A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Efficiency limit; Photoinduced charge transfer; Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS;

ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; BAND-GAP VALUES; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; EFFICIENCY LIMITS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MARCUS THEORY; PHOTOINDUCED CHARGE TRANSFER; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78649482227     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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