A new multiscale modeling method for simulating the loss processes in polymer solar cell nanodevices

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Pershin, Anton ^a   Donets, Sergii ^a   Baeurle, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE ACCUMULATION; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DEAD-ENDS; DYNAMIC MONTE CARLO; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXCITON GENERATION; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MAXIMUM VALUES; MESOSCOPICS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANO SCALE; NANO-DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMER BLENDS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PERCOLATION PATH; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROCESS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EXCITONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84861673416     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4712622     Document Type: Article

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