Relationship between HOMO energy level and open circuit voltage of polymer solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2185-2191

  Jo, Mi Young ^a   Park, Sang Jun ^a   Park, Taiho ^b   Won, Yong Sun ^a   Kim, Joo Hyun ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DFT calculation; Open circuit voltage; Polymer solar cell; Power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; ACTIVE POLYMERS; DFT CALCULATION; HOMO ENERGY LEVELS; LUMO ENERGY LEVELS; POLYMER BASED; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SUZUKI COUPLING REACTION;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863823884     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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