Combined plasmonic gratings in organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 106, 2011, Pages A1202-A1210

  Shen, Honghui ^a   Maes, Bjorn ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ANGLE-DEPENDENT; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; GRATING STRUCTURES; INCIDENT LIGHT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMONIC; SINGLE GRATING;

ABSORPTION; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80755143429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.0A1202     Document Type: Article

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