An improved circuit model for polymer solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 937-948

  Gaur, Ankita ^a,b   Kumar, Pankaj ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

equivalent circuit; P3HT; PCBM; polymer solar cells; thin film

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CONVENTIONAL CIRCUITS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; P3HT; PCBM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 84906229398     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2345     Document Type: Article

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