Enhancing current density using vertically oriented organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-231

  Yambem, Soniya D ^a   Liao, Kang Shyang ^a   Curran, Seamus A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic photovoltaics; Transparent electrodes; Vertical photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; MULTIPLE PASS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RESONANT LIGHT; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; ULTRA-THIN;

SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859547796     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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