Voltage-dependent photocurrent transients of PTB7:PC70BM solar cells: Experiment and numerical simulation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Li, Zhe ^a,b   Lakhwani, Girish ^a   Greenham, Neil C ^a   McNeill, Christopher R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXTRACTION; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; SOLVENT ADDITIVES; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA; TRAP-ASSISTED RECOMBINATIONS; VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE; VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

CHARGE TRAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; FABRICATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

POWER QUALITY;

EID: 84880837936     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4813612     Document Type: Article

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