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In this report we address the open circuit voltage (Voc) variation with temperature (T) in details by using TCAD numerical simulation and by developing physics based model. The proposed model is in good agreement with the TCAD simulation and is able to explain the experimentally observed (Voc) variation with different temperature and intensity.
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The authors would like to acknowledge Department of Science & Technology and MEITY, Govt. of India and IIT Madras for financial support.
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Manda, P.K., Dhar, R., Dutta, S. (2019). Temperature Dependent Open Circuit Voltage Variation of Organic Solar Cells. In: Sharma, R., Rawal, D. (eds) The Physics of Semiconductor Devices. IWPSD 2017. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 215. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97604-4_18
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