Recombination dynamics as a key determinant of open circuit voltage in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells: A comparison of four different donor polymers

Advanced Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 44, 2010, Pages 4987-4992

  Maurano, Andrea ^a   Hamilton, Rick ^a   Shuttle, Chris G ^a   Ballantyne, Amy M ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a   O'Regan, Brian ^a   Zhang, Weimin ^a   McCulloch, Iain ^a   Azimi, Hamed ^b,c   Morana, Mauro ^b   Brabec, Christoph J ^b   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

bimolecular recombination; charge dynamics; open circuit voltage; organic solar cell; power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; CHARGE DYNAMICS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYNAMICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; KINETICS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 78649873609     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201002360     Document Type: Article

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