Temperature dependence of open-circuit voltage and recombination processes in polymer-fullerene based solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2131-2135

  Thakur, Anil K ^a   Wantz, Guillaume ^a   Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^b   Hirsch, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Charge carrier lifetime; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DENSITY-OF-STATES; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; GAUSSIANS; ILLUMINATION DEPENDENCE; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; MONOMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER-FULLERENE; RECOMBINATION COEFFICIENT; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DECAY (ORGANIC); HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWER QUALITY;

CARRIER LIFETIME;

EID: 79958116106     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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