Analysis of surface plasmon polariton mediated energy transfer in organic photovoltaic devices

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6656, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Heidel, T D ^a   Mapel, J K ^a   Celebi, K ^b   Singh, M ^a   Baldo, M A ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Device architecture; Energy transfer; Organic photovoltaics; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

DEVICE ARCHITECTURE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 42149150986     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.731879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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