Absorption and quasiguided mode analysis of organic solar cells with photonic crystal photoactive layers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7670-7681

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONDUCTING MATERIALS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 66649131462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007670     Document Type: Article

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