Computer simulation of heterogeneous polymer photovoltaic devices

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kodali, Hari K ^a   Ganapathysubramanian, Baskar ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE GENERATION; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; CURRENT GENERATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON-ACCEPTING; ELECTRON-DONATING; EXCITON GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (FEM); HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERS; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; MORPHOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; NANO SCALE; NUMERICAL CHALLENGES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROCESS; POLYMER-BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REALISTIC DEVICES; SOLVENT BASED; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84858776507     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/20/3/035015     Document Type: Article

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