Transient optoelectronic analysis of charge carrier losses in a selenophene/fullerene blend solar cell

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5947-5957

  Maurano, Andrea ^a   Shuttle, Chris G ^a   Hamilton, Rick ^a   Ballantyne, Amy M ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Zhang, Weimin ^a   Heeney, Martin ^a   Durrant, James R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE CARRIER DENSITY; CHARGE EXTRACTION; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; DENSITY DEPENDENT; DEVICE MODELS; DOMINATING FACTORS; FILL FACTOR; FITTING PARAMETERS; LIGHT INTENSITY; METHYL ESTERS; OPEN CIRCUITS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE DENSITY; CURVE FITTING; EQUIPMENT; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953710054     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109697w     Document Type: Article

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