Controlling absorption enhancement in organic photovoltaic cells by patterning Au nano disks within the active layer

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 101, 2011, Pages A64-A71

  Diukman, Iddo ^a   Tzabari, Lior ^a   Berkovitch, Nikolai ^a   Tessler, Nir ^a   Orenstein, Meir ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; COMPREHENSIVE SIMULATIONS; DESIGN RULES; DISK ARRAY; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FIELD ENHANCEMENT; NANODISKS; NIR SPECTRUM; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PATCH ANTENNA; PLASMONIC RESONANCES;

GOLD;

EID: 78651350096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000A64     Document Type: Article

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