Double plasmonic structure design for broadband absorption enhancement in molecular organic solar cells

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bai, Wenli ^a,b,c   Gan, Qiaoqiang ^a,d   Song, Guofeng ^b   Chen, Lianghui ^b   Kafafi, Zakya ^a,e   Bartolia, Filbert ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d the State University of New York   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadband light trapping; Organic photovoltaics; Surface plasmon polaritons

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; BROADBAND LIGHT; COUPLED MODE; DOUBLE HETEROJUNCTIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; NANODISCS; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; ORGANIC ACTIVE LAYERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT; SOLAR SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE DESIGN; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; THIN METALS; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84856014409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3585876     Document Type: Article

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