Hybrid pentacene/a-silicon solar cells utilizing multiple carrier generation via singlet exciton fission

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Ehrler, Bruno ^a   Musselman, Kevin P ^a   Böhm, Marcus L ^a   Friend, Richard H ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; MULTIPLE CARRIERS; MULTIPLE EXCITON; PENTACENES; PHOTOGENERATION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SINGLET EXCITONS; THIN LAYERS;

EXCITONS; PHOTONS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84867559390     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757612     Document Type: Article

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