Organic photovoltaic cells based on continuously graded donor-acceptor heterojunctions

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1537-1543

  Pandey, Richa ^a   Holmes, Russell J ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitons; molecular electronics; organic compounds; photovoltaic cells; semiconductor heterojunctions

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMPOSITION RATIO; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; EXCITON DIFFUSION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; UNIFORM MIXTURES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 78650042808     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2049256     Document Type: Article

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