Organic photovoltaic cell in lateral-tandem configuration employing continuously-tuned microcavity sub-cells

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 19987-19994

  Kim, Changsoon ^a   Kim, Jungsang ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISPERSION (WAVES); EFFICIENCY; MICROCAVITIES; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; OPTICAL RESONANCE; ORGANIC MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TANDEM CONFIGURATION;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 56749104506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019987     Document Type: Article

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