Determining the internal quantum efficiency of organic Bulk Heterojunctions based on mono and bisadduct fullerenes as acceptor

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3093-3098

  Azimi, Hamed ^a,b,c   Morana, Mauro ^a   Ameri, Tayebeh ^b   Dastmalchi, Babak ^c   Scharber, Markus ^a   Hingerl, Kurt ^c   Brabec, Christoph J ^b  

^a Konarka Austria Forschungs und Entwicklungs GmbH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Charge generation; Fullerene bisadduct; Internal quantum efficiency; Organic solar cell; Recombination

Indexed keywords

1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; ACTIVE LAYER; BIS-ADDUCTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE GENERATION; ELECTRICAL LOSS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; MATRIX; OPTICAL MODELING; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RECOMBINATION; RECOMBINATION LOSS;

EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LOSS PREVENTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80051546138     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.06.041     Document Type: Article

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