A drift-diffusion-reaction model for excitonic photovoltaic bilayers: Photovoltaic bilayers: Asymptotic analysis and a 2D hdg finite element scheme

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-872

  Brinkman, Daniel ^a   Fellner, Klemens ^b   Markowich, Peter A ^c   Wolfram, Marie Therese ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

asymptotic methods; drift diffusion reaction equations; finite element methods; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; ASYMPTOTICS; BI-LAYER; BI-LAYER DEVICES; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCRETIZATIONS; DRIFT-DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATIONS; DRIFTDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; MATERIAL CHANGE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POISSON'S EQUATION; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; STATIONARY STATE; UPWINDING;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON EQUATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84874396719     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202512500625     Document Type: Article

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