Surface plasmonic effects of metallic nanoparticles on the performance of polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 959-967

  Wu, Jyh Lih ^a   Chen, Fang Chung ^a   Hsiao, Yu Sheng ^b   Chien, Fan Ching ^b   Chen, Peilin ^b   Kuo, Chun Hong ^c   Huang, Michael H ^c   Hsu, Chain Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

exciton lifetime; gold nanoparticles; photoluminescence; polymer photovoltaics; surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

ANODIC BUFFER LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXCITON LIFETIME; FILL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METHYL ESTERS; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PL MEASUREMENTS; PLASMONIC; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BULK; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PLASMON; SURFACE PLASMONS;

BUTYRIC ACID; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ESTERS; EXCITONS; GOLD ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD;

EID: 79951869007     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102295p     Document Type: Article

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