Increased efficiency of low band gap polymer solar cells at elevated temperature and its origins

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Bin ^a   Cox, James ^a   Yuan, Yongbo ^a   Guo, Fawen ^a   Huang, Jinsong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; CHARGE TRANSFER EXCITONS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FILL FACTOR; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BINDING ENERGY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80053485947     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3643450     Document Type: Article

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