Influence of the charge generation profile on the collection efficiency of nanostructured solar cells: A random walk numerical simulation study

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 38, Issue 14-15, 2012, Pages 1242-1250

  Gonzalez Vazquez, José P ^a   Bigeriego, Gonzalo ^a   Anta, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion length; Hopping transport; Nanostructured solar cells; Random walk numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CHARGE GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DYE-SENSITISED SOLAR CELLS; GAUSSIANS; HOPPING TRANSPORT; KEY PARAMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; LIGHT-TO-ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MESOPOROUS ELECTRODES; METAL-OXIDE; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; RANDOM WALK;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLAR CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84870611963     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2012.700484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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