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ArticleHeliyon2025

Parameters critically affecting the open circuit voltage of an organic solar cell.

Pelote Elvis Pepa, David Afungchui, Olivier Holtomo, Joseph Ebobenow

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Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pelote Elvis PepaDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
David AfungchuiDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
Olivier HoltomoDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Bamenda, P. O. Box 39, Bambili, Cameroon.
Joseph EbobenowDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Buea, SWR, Cameroon.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper investigates the influence of different parameters on the open circuit voltage of an organic solar cell (OSC) and how the open circuit voltage impacts the cell's power conversion efficiency. These parameters include temperature, light intensity, recombination, charge carrier density, charge carrier mobility ratio, and the reverse saturation current. Organic solar cells' power conversion efficiency is still far from ideal and is currently about 20 %. In the approach, mathematical expressions governing these parameters are established and simulations are then performed in which all other parameters are held at their optimal values and one parameter of interest is varied within a predetermined range. It is shown that the open circuit voltage (V

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Charge carrier densityCharge carrier mobility ratioOpen circuit voltageOrganic solar cellRecombinationReverse saturation current

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PMID40051845
PMCPMC11883351

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