Numerical analysis of J-V characteristics of a polymer solar cell

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Mitroi, Mihai Razvan ^a   Iancu, Vladimir ^a   Fara, Laurentiu ^a   Ciurea, Magdalena Lidia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Numerical analysis; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DESIGN; CELL PARAMETER; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIT PARAMETERS; FITTING PROCEDURE; GENERAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION CONCERNING; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79953651360     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1026     Document Type: Article

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