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This topic reviews random walk Monte Carlo simulation models of charge transport in DSSC. The main electron transport approaches used are covered. Monte Carlo methods and results are explained, addressing the continuous time random walk model developed for transport in disordered materials in the context of the large number of trap states present in the electron transporting material. Multiple timescale MC models developed to look at the morphology dependence of electron transport are described. The concluding section looks at future applications of these methods and the related MC models for polymer blend cells.
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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007–2013] under grant agreement 316494 and from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Supergen Excitonic Solar Cell Consortium and Supergen Supersolar Hub.
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Walker, A.B. (2013). Monte Carlo Studies of Electronic Processes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. In: Beljonne, D., Cornil, J. (eds) Multiscale Modelling of Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics. Topics in Current Chemistry, vol 352. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/128_2013_472
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