Identifying a Threshold Impurity Level for Organic Solar Cells: Enhanced First-Order Recombination Via Well-Defined PC84BM Traps in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Cowan, Sarah R.; Leong, Wei Lin; Banerji, Natalie; Dennler, Gilles; Heeger, Alan J.

doi:10.1002/adfm.201100514

Title: Identifying a Threshold Impurity Level for Organic Solar Cells: Enhanced First-Order Recombination Via Well-Defined PC84BM Traps in Organic Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Journal Article · Tue Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201100514· OSTI ID:1380794

Cowan, Sarah R.; Leong, Wei Lin; Banerji, Natalie; Dennler, Gilles; Heeger, Alan J.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Energy Efficient Materials (CEEM)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001009

OSTI ID:: 1380794

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 21, Issue 16; Related Information: CEEM partners with the University of California, Santa Barbara (lead); Purdue University; Los Alamos National Laboratory; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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