Analytical model for the photocurrent-voltage characteristics of bilayer MEH-PPV/TiO 2 photovoltaic devices

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Chen, Chong ^a   Wu, Fan ^a   Geng, Hongwei ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Wang, Mingtai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BI-LAYER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DONOR/ACCEPTOR INTERFACE; EXCITON DENSITY; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; INTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEH-PPV; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYMER LAYERS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TIO;

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOCURRENTS;

EID: 84862961182     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-350     Document Type: Article

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