Simple analytic description of collection efficiency in organic photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 704-709

  Savoie, Brett M ^a   Movaghar, Bijan ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^a   Ratner, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and Charge Transport; Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC DESCRIPTIONS; CARRIER COLLECTION EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY AND CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL RECOMBINATIONS;

CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84874881395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz302148z     Document Type: Article

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