Quantifying the relationship between the maximum achievable voltage and current levels in low-bandgap polymer photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 25955-25960

  Rodovsky, Deanna B ^a,b   Peet, Jeff ^a   Shao, Nan ^c   Azoulay, Jason D ^d   Bazan, Guillermo C ^d   Drolet, Nicolas ^a   Wu, Qin ^c   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^c  

^a KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER RATE; LOW-BANDGAP POLYMERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY GAP; RATE CONSTANTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84890517838     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410234u     Document Type: Article

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