Identification of different origins for s-shaped current voltage characteristics in planar heterojunction organic solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wagner, Julia ^a   Gruber, Mark ^a   Wilke, Andreas ^b   Tanaka, Yuya ^c   Topczak, Katharina ^d   Steindamm, Andreas ^d   Hörmann, Ulrich ^a   Opitz, Andreas ^b   Nakayama, Yasuo ^c   Ishii, Hisao ^c   Pflaum, Jens ^d   Koch, Norbert ^b   Brütting, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CATHODE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CURRENT VOLTAGE; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ELECTRON DONORS; EXCITON DIFFUSION; FILL FACTOR; FORWARD CURRENTS; FULLERENE C; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH FILLS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOLE-INJECTION LAYERS; MAIN EFFECT; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; S-SHAPED; SUBSTRATE HEATING; SUBSTRATE MODIFICATIONS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TOP CONTACT;

ALUMINUM; CATHODES; EXCITONS; FILM GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SAMARIUM; SOLAR CELLS; WORK FUNCTION;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84858979206     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3692050     Document Type: Article

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