Asymptotic solution of a model for bilayer organic diodes and solar cells

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1792-1817

  Richardson, Giles ^a   Please, Colin ^a   Foster, Jamie ^a   Kirkpatrick, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Drift diffusion; Photovoltaic; Shockley model

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; BI-LAYER; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DARK CURRENT-VOLTAGE; DRIFT DIFFUSION; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; MODEL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC DIODES; ORGANIC LAYERS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; RECOMBINATION RATE; REVERSE BIAS; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL RECOMBINATIONS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; THERMAL GENERATION; TOTAL CURRENT; TWO-REGIME;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; SOLAR CELLS;

BIAS VOLTAGE;

EID: 84871395444     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/110825807     Document Type: Article

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