Open-circuit voltage of organic photovoltaics: Implications of the generalized Einstein relation for disordered semiconductors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-138

  Manor, Assaf ^a   Katz, Eugene A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Disordered semiconductors; Generalized Einstein relation; Open circuit voltage; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DIFFUSION ENHANCEMENT; DISORDERED SEMICONDUCTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GENERALIZED EINSTEIN RELATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

EID: 82955193881     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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