Influence of squaraine aggregation on short-circuit current and device efficiency

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2775-2779

  Spencer, Susan ^a   Murcia, Victor ^a   Reid, Obadiah ^b   Rumbles, Garry ^b   Belfield, Kevin ^c   Cody, Jeremy ^a   Collison, Christopher ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

absorption; charge carrier mobility; current voltage characteristics; energy conversion; organic materials; photovoltaic cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

DEVICE EFFICIENCY; LINEAR ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR AGGREGATION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SQUARAINES; TIME-RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITIES;

ABSORPTION; CHARGE CARRIERS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILMS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84869394302     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318168     Document Type: Conference Paper

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