Dynamic Monte Carlo modeling of exciton dissociation in organic donor-acceptor solar cells.

Monte Carlo Simulation of Charge Transport in Organic Solar Cells

Organic solar cells have advantages over the traditional inorganic solar cells. The flexibility and light-weight of an organic solar device lead to novel deployment unattainable by inorganic solar devices. There is a wide range of materials that can be used to fabricate an organic solar cell with many suitable conducting polymers and small molecules. The large number of appropriate materials me...

Study of the mechanism and rate of exciton dissociation at the donor-acceptor interface in bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells

Exciton dissociation and charge trapping at poly(3-hexylthiophene)/phenyl- C61-butyric acid methyl ester bulk heterojunction interfaces: Photo-induced threshold voltage shifts in organic field-effect transistors and solar cells

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Empirical study of the characteristics of current-state organic bulk heterojunction solar cells

We studied and compared the reported characteristics of 22 different bulk heterojunction organic solar cells fabricated and characterized by different research institutes. We only considered bulk heterojunction solar cells where both the acceptor (the n-type) and the donor (the p-type) are organic. All cells were characterized under illumination with the standard A.M. 1.5 spectrum and an intens...

Electron tomography and optical modelling for organic solar cells

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