Plasmon enhanced performance of organic solar cells using electrodeposited Ag nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Seok Soon ^a   Na, Seok In ^b   Jo, Jang ^b   Kim, Dong Yu ^b   Nah, Yoon Chae ^c  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COPPER PLATING; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; METALLIZING; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

AG NANO-PARTICLES; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; FIELD STRENGTHS; METAL NANO-PARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO ACTIVE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; PLASMON; PULSE CURRENTS; SOLUTION PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

SILVER;

EID: 50249180759     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2967471     Document Type: Article

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