Thickness dependent effects of an intermediate molecular blocking layer on the optoelectronic characteristics of organic bilayer photovoltaic cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Steindamm, A ^a,b   Brendel, M ^a,b   Topczak, A K ^a   Pflaum, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG ATOMS; BI-LAYER; BLOCKING LAYERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITON BLOCKING LAYERS; EXCITON QUENCHING; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MICROSCOPIC EFFECTS; OPTOELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC BILAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THICKNESS DEPENDENT EFFECTS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXCITONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILVER;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84867561579     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757297     Document Type: Article

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