White-light bias external quantum efficiency measurements of standard and inverted P3HT:PCBM photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 41, 2012, Pages

  Brenner, Thomas J K ^a,b   Vaynzof, Yana ^a   Li, Zhe ^a   Kabra, Dinesh ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   McNeill, Christopher R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT   (Germany)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK CHARGE; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; COMPOSITION GRADIENT; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; DOMINANT FACTOR; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FRONT HALF; INVERTED DEVICES; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOW LIGHT; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOCURRENT TRANSIENTS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RELATIVE REDUCTION; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRAL SHAPES; STANDARD CELL; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TRANSPORT MOBILITY; WHITE LIGHT;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866921518     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/41/415101     Document Type: Article

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