Open circuit voltage current density

MIM or SIM [82-84] diodes to the PPV/A1 interface provides a good qualitative understanding of the device operation in terms of Schottky diodes for high impurity densities (typically 2> 1017 cm-3) and rigid band diodes for low impurity densities (typically<1017 cm-3). Figure 15-14a and b schematically show the two models for the different impurity concentrations. However, these models do not allow a quantitative description of the open circuit voltage or the spectral resolved photocurrent spectrum. The transport properties of single-layer polymer diodes with asymmetric metal electrodes are well described by the double-carrier current flow equation (Eq. (15.4)) where the holes show a field dependent mobility and the electrons of the holes show a temperature-dependent trap distribution. 

Figure 4.8 shows the relation between current and H2 production densities obtained at 850°C of electrolysis temperature. The maximum H2 production density was 38 Ncm3/cm2h, which was higher than that of the electrolysis tube obtained at 950°C. The maximum H2 production rate was 2.4 Nt/h at the applied power of 10 W applied voltage and current were 2.68 and 3.72 A. Then the open-circuit voltage was 0.847 V. Hence, the Faraday efficiency and the energy efficiencies were 0.5 and around 0.73, respectively, which were almost the same values as those of the electrolysis tube obtained at 950°C. 

PV current-voltage and power-voltage characteristics of a standard GaInP2/GaAs tandem cell were measured under 100 mW/cm2 illumination. The PV parameters under illumination were an open-circuit voltage Vroc = 2.32 V, a short-circuit current density Jsc = 13.4 mA/cm2, a fill factor FF = 0.88, and a PV conversion efficiency of 28.5%. Under the... 

The PV characteristics of the CIGS2 thin-film solar cell on opaque Mo back contact, as measured at the NREL under AM 1.5 conditions, were as follows short-circuit current density sc of 20.88 mA/cm2, open-circuit voltage 1% of 830.5 mV, fill factor FF of 69.13%, and PV conversion efficiency // of 11.99%. 

He, I. Zhong, C. Huang, X. Wong, W.-Y. Wu, H. Chen, L. Su, S. Cao, Y., Simultaneous enhancement of open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current density, and fill factor in polymer solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 4636-4643. 

This reaction has been studied in some detail [2,4,31,32] and will be considered only briefly here. It is a remarkably slow process (microseconds to milliseconds) at short circuit and, thus, does not limit the short-circuit photocurrent density, Jsc. However, the rate of reaction (3) [33] and of the other recombination reactions increases as the potential of the substrate electrode becomes more negative [e.g., as the cell voltage charges from short-circuit (0 V) to its open-circuit photovoltage, Voc, (usually between —0.6 V and —0.8 V versus the counterelectrode)]. At open circuit, no current flows and the rate of charge photogeneration equals the total rate of charge recombination. 

The primary results of these first experiments from each facility were primarily proof-of-principle. Hussey et al.9 used a MCP detector with intrinsic spatial resolution of 25 pm and overall image resolution of about 30 pm. With this setup, a test section was operated in a differential cell mode, with a minimum stoichiometric ratio of about 50 on both the anode and cathode. Due to cell motion, it was not possible to quantify the total water content in the cell, but relative changes in the through-plane water content were observed from open circuit voltage, and the water content increased as a function of current density. 

In a bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cell with methanofullerene [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as an electron acceptor, alternating copolymer 19 (Fig. 9), derived from 2,7-fluorene and 2,5-dithienylsilole, can show impressive performance as the electron donor.31 In a device configuration of ITO/PEDOT/active layer/Ba/Al, the dark current density—bias curve shows a small leakage current, suggesting a continuous, pinhole-free active layer in the device. Under illumination of an AM 1.5 solar simulator at 100 mW/cm2, a high short-circuit current of 5.4 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage of 0.7 V, and a fill factor of 31.5% are achieved. The calculated energy conversion efficiency is 2.01%. 

The overall efficiency, rjsi0bai, of the photovoltaic cell depends on the integral photocurrent density, zph, which represents the overlap between the solar light envelope and the monochromatic current yield, the open-circuit voltage, Voc, the fill factor of the cell iff), and the light intensity, Is, as shown in the following ... 

Fig. 8.2. J/V-curve with description of solar cell parameters efficiency /, fill factor FF, open circuit voltage Voc, and short circuit current density Jsc- The photogenerated current density Jph is indicated by the dotted line. More details of these and all other parameters are given in the text...

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