Characterizing enhanced performance of nanopatterned bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7047, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tumbleston, John R ^a   Ko, Doo Hyun ^a   Lopez, Rene ^a   Samulski, Edward T ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanofabrication; Organic photovoltaics; Photonic crystals

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWDERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; WETTING; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; CELL MATERIALS; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCES; ENHANCED PERFORMANCES; FABRICATION METHODS; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; NANOCRYSTALLINE; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPATTERN; NANOSTRUCTURED; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; OPTICAL MODELS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PATTERN REPLICATIONS; PLANAR CELLS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 56249091081     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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