Carrier recombination in polymer fullerene solar cells probed by reversible exchange of charge between the active layer and electrodes induced by a linearly varying voltage

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3210-3220

  Van Der Hofstad, Tom G J ^a   Di Nuzzo, Daniele ^a   Van Reenen, Stephan ^a   Janssen, René A J ^a   Kemerink, Martijn ^a   Meskers, Stefan C J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BIMOLECULAR RECOMBINATION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CHARGE EXCHANGES; DETERMINATION OF CAPACITANCES; DRIFT-DIFFUSION SIMULATION; HIGH CHARGES; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER-FULLERENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; SMALL BANDGAP; TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE PULSE;

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874171184     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp306794j     Document Type: Article

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