Comparison of device models for organic solar cells: Band-to-band vs. tail states recombination

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Soldera, Marcos ^a   Taretto, Kurt ^a   Kirchartz, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analytical models; device simulations; organic solar cells; tail states

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BAND-TO-BAND RECOMBINATION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; DARK CURRENT-VOLTAGE; DEVICE MODELS; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DEVICE SIMULATIONS; EXCITON GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIELD INDEPENDENTS; FILL FACTOR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; IDEALITY FACTORS; LANGEVIN; LINEAR RELATION; MDMO-PPV; MEH-PPV; MINORITY CARRIER; OPTICAL MODELLING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; RECOMBINATION RATE; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL RECOMBINATIONS; SOLID LINES; TAIL STATES; THICKNESS VALUE; WHITE LIGHT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84055212567     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127264     Document Type: Article

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