Polymer defect states modulate open-circuit voltage in bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Ripolles, Teresa S ^a   Guerrero, Antonio ^a   Garcia Belmonte, Germà ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRICALLY ACTIVE DEFECTS; ENERGETIC MECHANISM; NANOCRYSTALLITE SIZE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); PROCESSING CONDITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

DEFECT DENSITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEFECTS;

EID: 84890448888     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4841475     Document Type: Article

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