Effect of contacts in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

Physical Review Applied

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sandberg, Oskar J ^a   Nyman, Mathias ^a   Österbacka, Ronald ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DIFFUSION POTENTIAL; FUNDAMENTAL THEORY; ORGANIC BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; TRAPPED SPACE CHARGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906876617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23317019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.1.024003     Document Type: Article

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