Photonic crystals for improving light absorption in organic solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8256, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Duche D ^a   Escoubas, L ^a   Simon, J J ^a   Gourgon, C ^b   Masclaux, C ^b   Torchio, Ph ^a   Le Rouzo, J ^a   Flory, F ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bloch mode; Light harvesting; Nanoimprint; Organic solar cell; Photonic crystal; Polymer; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BLOCH MODES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW GROUP VELOCITY; METALLIC ELECTRODES; NANO-IMPRINT; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; SLOW BLOCH MODES; STRUCTURATION;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84859945470     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.909091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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