Enhanced evanescent mode light trapping in organic solar cells and other low index optoelectronic devices

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-477

  Green, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

absorption; light trapping; organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CDTE; DIELECTRIC LAYER; EVANESCENT MODE; EVANESCENT WAVE; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW INDEX; LOW INDEX MATERIALS; MACROSCOPIC LIMIT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; UPCONVERTERS;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79955654285     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1038     Document Type: Article

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