Localized surface plasmon resonance enhanced organic solar cell with gold nanospheres

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 848-852

  Qiao, Linfang ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Zuo, Lijian ^b   Ye, Yuqian ^a   Qian, Jun ^a   Chen, Hongzheng ^b   He, Sailing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gold nanospheres (Au NSs); Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Organic solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GOLD; NANOSPHERES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PLASMONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; RESONANCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACTIVE LAYER; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EXCITON GENERATION; GOLD NANOSPHERES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SIZE DEPENDENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GOLD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 78149361242     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.09.021     Document Type: Article

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