Multiscale modeling and simulation of organic solar cells

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 245-246, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-116

  de Falco, Carlo ^a   Porro, Matteo ^a,b   Sacco, Riccardo ^a   Verri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Multiscale analysis; Nonlinear reaction diffusion system with electrostatic convection; Numerical simulation; Organic solar cell; Scale transition

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERFACE; COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DEVICE STRUCTURES; ELECTRIC FIELD MAGNITUDE; ELECTROSTATIC CONVECTION; FIELD ORIENTATION; HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS; INTERFACE GEOMETRY; INTERFACE LENGTH; INTERFACE THICKNESS; INTERFACIAL WIDTH; MACRO SCALE; MACROSCALE MODELS; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI SCALE ANALYSIS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION; NORMAL DIRECTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SCALE TRANSITION; SPATIAL DIMENSION; THIN MATERIALS; THIN SLAB;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SLAB MILLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866952184     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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