Recent progress in modeling, simulation, and optimization of polymer solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-340

  Li, Guangyong ^a   Liu, Liming ^b   Wei, Fanan ^a   Xia, Songtao ^c   Qian, Xiaoping ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b KLA TENCOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling and simulation; Monte Carlo simulation; optical absorption; polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL USAGE; DEVICE DESIGN; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ELECTRICAL MODELING; FABRICATION PROCESS; LITERATURE SURVEY; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER EFFICIENCY; RECENT PROGRESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865196619     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2193385     Document Type: Article

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