Improving the efficiency of polymer solar cells by incorporating gold nanoparticles into all polymer layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Xie, Feng Xian ^a   Choy, Wallace C H ^a   Wang, Charlie C D ^a   Sha, Wei E I ^a   Fung, Dixon D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; AU NANOPARTICLE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; NEAR-FIELD DISTRIBUTION; PLASMON RESONANCES; POLYMER LAYERS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; THEORETICAL RESULT;

ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 80055010854     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3650707     Document Type: Article

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