Identifying the impact of surface recombination at electrodes in organic solar cells by means of electroluminescence and modeling

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Reinhardt, Jens ^a   Grein, Maria ^b   Bühler, Christian ^a   Schubert, Martin ^b   Würfel, Uli ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrodes; electroluminescence; organic solar cells; surface recombination

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONTACT MATERIAL; FORWARD CURRENTS; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84905757493     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201400081     Document Type: Article

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