Recent progress in the numerical modeling for organic thin film solar cells

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-387

  Zhao, Xinyan ^a   Mi, Baoxiu ^a   Gao, Zhiqiang ^a   Huang, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical model; Numerical modeling; Optical model; Organic solar cell

Indexed keywords

DEVICE MODELING; DEVICE PHYSICS; ELECTRICAL MODELS; KINETIC PROCESS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MODELING RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OPTICAL MODELS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; RECENT PROGRESS; SIMULATION MODEL; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79956093774     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-011-4248-6     Document Type: Review

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