Interpreting the density of states extracted from organic solar cells using transient photocurrent measurements

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12407-12414

  Mackenzie, Roderick C I ^a,b   Shuttle, Chris G ^c   Dibb, George F ^d   Treat, Neil ^c   Von Hauff, Elizabeth ^b   Robb, Maxwell J ^e   Hawker, Craig J ^e   Chabinyc, Michael L ^c   Nelson, Jenny ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c University of California   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOCURRENT TRANSIENTS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RECOMBINATION RATE; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

BUTYRIC ACID; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879426694     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4010828     Document Type: Article

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