Simulated annealing electro-photonic optimization of organic solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kirsch, Christoph ^a   Mitran, Sorin ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ALGEBRAIC SYSTEM; BACK ELECTRODE; BASELINE CONFIGURATIONS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COATED LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; LINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MICRO PATTERNING; MICROPATTERNED; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PERIODIC RIDGES; PRECONDITIONED CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SCATTERING AND ABSORPTION; SIMULATED ANNEALING OPTIMIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

ALGORITHMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROMACHINING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866366517     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4748314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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