Comparing plasmonic and dielectric gratings for absorption enhancement in thin-film organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 101, 2012, Pages A39-A50

  Le, Khai Q ^a,b   Abass, Aimi ^b   Maes, Bjorn ^b,c   Bienstman, Peter ^b   Alù, Andrea ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC GRATING; INCOMING LIGHT; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (1D PC); ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMONIC; STRONG FIELD ENHANCEMENT; SURFACE PLASMONS;

SILVER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84855419755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000A39     Document Type: Article

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