Recovering lost excitons in organic photovoltaics using a transparent dissociation layer

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Barito, A ^a   Sykes, M E ^a   Bilby, D ^a   Amonoo, J ^a   Jin, Y ^a   Morris, S E ^a   Green, P F ^a   Kim, J ^a   Shtein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOCURRENTS; QUENCHING;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EXCITON BLOCKING LAYERS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84879096805     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807416     Document Type: Article

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