Simulation of the Buxton-Clarke model for organic photovoltaic cells

2010 14th International Workshop on Computational Electronics, IWCE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 195-198

  Jerome, J W ^a   Ratner, M A ^a   Servaites, J D ^a   Shu, C W ^b   Tan, S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BOUND ELECTRONS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; DEVICE MATERIALS; DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; I - V CURVE; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ESTERS; EXCITONS; FATTY ACIDS; HOLE MOBILITY; IONIC CONDUCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78751684763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWCE.2010.5677981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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