Probing Charge Recombination Dynamics in Organic Photovoltaic Devices under Open-Circuit Conditions

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2014, Pages

  Elliott, Lindsay C C ^a   Basham, James I ^a,b   Pernstich, Kurt P ^c   Shrestha, Pragya R ^a,d   Richter, Lee J ^a   DeLongchamp, Dean M ^a   Gundlach, David J ^a  

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

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transport; electronic processes; electronic structures; optoelectronic measurements; organic electronics; photovoltaic devices; polymeric materials

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ELECTRONIC PROCESS; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84939268966     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201400356     Document Type: Article

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