Efficiency enhancement of polymer solar cells by incorporating a self-assembled layer of silver nanodisks

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3281-3286

  Pei, Jianing ^a   Tao, Jinlong ^a   Zhou, Yinhua ^a   Dong, Qingfeng ^a   Liu, Zhaoyang ^a   Li, Zaifang ^a   Chen, Feipeng ^a   Zhang, Jibo ^a   Xu, Weiqing ^a   Tian, Wenjing ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

Localized surface plasmon resonance; Polymer solar cell; Silver nanodisks

Indexed keywords

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; AIR MASS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; FILL FACTOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METHYL ESTERS; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; POLYMER SOLAR CELL; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILVER NANODISKS; SILVER PARTICLES;

BUTYRIC ACID; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FATTY ACIDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMONS; STYRENE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SILVER;

EID: 80053583754     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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