Efficiency of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1929-1940

  Scharber, M C ^a   Sariciftci, N S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cell; Organic solar cell; Power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART DEVICES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84887402235     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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