Open circuit voltage and IV curve shape of ZnPc: C60 solar cells with varied mixing ratio and hole transport layer

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tress, Wolfgang ^a   Pfuetzner, Steffen ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrier; Modeling; Open circuit voltage; Organic solar cell; S kink; ZnPc: C60

Indexed keywords

BARRIER; CONTACT PROPERTIES; DRIFT-DIFFUSION SIMULATION; FILL FACTOR; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; I - V CURVE; MIXING RATIOS; OPEN CIRCUITS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; S SHAPE; S-KINK; S-SHAPED; SMALL MOLECULES; ZNPC: C60;

HOLE MOBILITY; MIXING; MODELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80051543956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3556726     Document Type: Article

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