Enhanced conversion efficiency of polymeric photovoltaic cell by nanostructured antireflection coating

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-561

  Luk, W C ^a   Yeung, K M ^a   Tam, K C ^a   Ng, K L ^a   Kwok, K C ^a   Kwong, C Y ^a   Ng, A M C ^b   Djurisic A B ^b  

^a Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Nano silica; Omnidirectional; Organic photovoltaic; Organic solar cell; Self assembly method

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN OXIDES;

ANTI-REFLECTION; NANO SILICA; OMNIDIRECTIONAL; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD;

ITO GLASS;

EID: 79751530494     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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