Selective absorption enhancement in organic solar cells using light incoupling layers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Meiss, Jan ^a   Furno, Mauro ^a   Pfuetzner, Steffen ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER MATERIAL; CAPPING LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL FIELD INTENSITY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT METALS;

ABSORPTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77949762329     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3311559     Document Type: Article

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