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      Trimolecular recombination in polythiophene: fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

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      Journal: Applied Physics Letters
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          A review of charge transport and recombination in polymer/fullerene organic solar cells

          A. Pivrikas, N S Sariciftci, G. Juska … (2007)
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            Experimental determination of the rate law for charge carrier decay in a polythiophene: Fullerene solar cell

            C G Shuttle, B O'Regan, A. Ballantyne … (2008)
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              Bimolecular Recombination Coefficient as a Sensitive Testing Parameter for Low-Mobility Solar-Cell Materials

              A. Pivrikas, G. Juska, A. J. Mozer … (2005)
              Bimolecular charge carrier recombination has been clarified in bulk-heterojunction solar cells based on a blend of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and 1-(3-methoxycarbonyl)propyl-1-phenyl-[6,6]-methanofullerene using the time-of-flight method. We show how bimolecular recombination influences the charge carrier transport, how it limits the efficiency of low-mobility solar cells, and how to estimate the bimolecular recombination coefficient. We found that bimolecular recombination in these efficient photovoltaic materials is orders of magnitude slower as compared to Langevin recombination expected for low-mobility materials. This effect is inherent to the nanomorphology of the bicontinuous interpenetrating network creating separate pathways for electrons and holes, and paves the way for the fabrication of bulk-heterojunction solar cells where bimolecular recombination is not the limiting factor.
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                Title: Applied Physics Letters
                Abbreviated Title: Appl. Phys. Lett.
                Publisher: AIP Publishing
                ISSN (Print): 0003-6951
                ISSN (Electronic): 1077-3118
                Publication date Created: October 06 2008
                Publication date (Print): October 06 2008
                Volume: 93
                Issue: 14
                Page: 143303
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                DOI: 10.1063/1.2996588
                SO-VID: 68100ffd-f3c0-4d48-bee4-df1cc0c341cb
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