Thickness optimization of organic solar cells by optical transfer matrix

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 332-336

  Liu, Liming ^a   Li, Guangyong ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Beer Lambert law; bulk heterojunction; optical transfer matrix; Organic Solar Cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BEER LAMBERT LAW; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CURRENT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL TRANSFER MATRIX; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; OPTIMAL VALUES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; RECOMBINATION LOSS; THICKNESS OPTIMIZATION;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84858974091     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2011.6144456     Document Type: Conference Paper

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