Random vs regularized OPV: Limits of performance gain of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by morphology engineering

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 204-212

  Ray, Biswajit ^a   Alam, Muhammad A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimum morphology; Organic bulk heterojunction solar cell; Planar heterojunction; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CO-MODELING; FILL FACTOR; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; LOW COSTS; ORDERED STRUCTURES; ORGANIC BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PERFORMANCE GAIN; PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS;

ENERGY CONVERSION; MORPHOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84856536766     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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