An equivalent circuit model for ternary blend P3HT:pC6TP:PCBM low band gap devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-70

  Duck, Benjamin C ^a   Vaughan, Benjamin ^a,b   Cooling, Nathan ^a   Zhou, Xiaojing ^a   Holdsworth, John L ^a   Wen, Lee Li ^c   Rasmussen, Seth C ^c   Dastoor, Paul C ^a   Belcher, Warwick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalent circuit model; Low band gap; Organic solar cells; Ternary blend

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; LOW BAND GAP; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PARALLEL CIRCUITS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; TERNARY BLENDS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CARRIER MOBILITY; ENERGY GAP; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 84875755382     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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