Surface plasmon increase absorption in polymer photovoltaic cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Tvingstedt, Kristofer ^a   Persson, Nils Krister ^a   Inganäs, Olle ^a   Rahachou, Aliaksandr ^a   Zozoulenko, Igor V ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

METAL GRATING; POLYMER ELECTRODES; SURFACE PLASMON EFFECTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 34548666637     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2782910     Document Type: Article

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