Improving light harvesting in polymer photodetector devices through nanoindented metal mask films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  MacEdo, A G ^a,b   Zanetti, F ^a   Mikowski, A ^a   Hummelen, J C ^c   Lepienski, C M ^a   Da Luz, M G E ^a   Roman, L S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALUMINA; FULLERENES; HARVESTING; KETONES; LIGHT METALS; METALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

ACTION SPECTRUM; ACTIVE LAYERS; FULLERENE; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT DIFFRACTIONS; LIGHT HARVESTING; METAL MASKING; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PERIODIC ARRAYS; SANDWICH GEOMETRY; SIMPLE MODELING; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; TRAPPED FIELDS;

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EID: 49749143425     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2968250     Document Type: Article

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