Series resistance in organic bulk-heterojunction solar devices: Modulating carrier transport with fullerene electron traps

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2326-2332

  Guerrero, Antonio ^a   Ripolles Sanchis, Teresa ^a   Boix, Pablo P ^a   Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current voltage characteristics; Photovoltaic devices; Series resistance; Transport; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SERIES RESISTANCES; TRANSPORT; TRAPPING; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 84865053599     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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