A computational study on optimal design for organic tandem solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1095-1101

  Min Nam, Young ^a   Huh, June ^b   Jo, Won Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Drift diffusion model; Organic tandem solar cell; P3HT:PCBM; PCPDTBT:PCBM; Transfer matrix formalism

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; ORGANIC TANDEM SOLAR CELL; P3HT:PCBM; PCPDTBT:PCBM; TRANSFER MATRIX FORMALISM;

BUTYRIC ACID; DIFFUSION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79951854195     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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