Charge-transfer states and upper limit of the open-circuit voltage in polymer: Fullerene oprganic solar cells

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1676-1684

  Vandewal, Koen ^a   Tvingstedt, Kristofer ^b   Manca, Jean V ^a   Inganäs, Olle ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Excitons; fullerenes; optical polymers; photovoltaic cells

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER COMPLEX; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DETAILED BALANCE; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; MATERIAL INTERACTIONS; OPTICAL POLYMERS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC ACTION SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THERMODYNAMIC THEORY; UPPER LIMITS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EXCITONS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

POLYMERS;

EID: 78651355127     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2043061     Document Type: Article

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