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Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics pp 401–418Cite as

Impact of Charge Carrier Mobility and Electrode Selectivity on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells

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Low charge carrier mobilities as often observed for photoactive materials of organic solar cells have significant impact on their performance. They cause accumulation of charge carriers which can be described quantitatively by a nonohmic transport resistance in the framework of an analytical model. Further addressed in this work is surface recombination stemming from insufficient electrode selectivity which is another factor limiting the performance of organic solar cells.

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  1. Freiburg Material Research Center (FMF), Stefan-Meier-Str. 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Annika Spies, Jeneke Reinhardt & Uli Würfel

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Heidenhofstr. 2, 79110, Freiburg, Germany

    Annika Spies, Jeneke Reinhardt, Mathias List, Birger Zimmermann & Uli Würfel

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Spies, A., Reinhardt, J., List, M., Zimmermann, B., Würfel, U. (2017). Impact of Charge Carrier Mobility and Electrode Selectivity on the Performance of Organic Solar Cells. In: Leo, K. (eds) Elementary Processes in Organic Photovoltaics. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 272. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28338-8_17

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