Optimizing the organic solar cell efficiency: Role of the active layer thickness

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-105

  Hazar Apaydin, Doǧukan ^a   Esra Yildiz, Dilber ^b   Cirpan, Ali ^a   Toppare, Levent ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HITIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Active layer optimization; Organic solar cells; Space charge limited current

Indexed keywords

9 ,9-DIOCTYLFLUORENE; ACTIVE LAYER; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; SPACE CHARGE LIMITED CURRENTS; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874845531     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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