Plasmonic nanograting design for inverted polymer solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 105, 2012, Pages A729-A739

  Kim, Inho ^a   Jeong, Doo Seok ^a   Lee, Taek Seong ^a   Lee, Wook Seong ^a   Lee, Kyeong Seok ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SOLAR CELLS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANO-GRATING STRUCTURES; NANOGRATING; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SPACER LAYER; TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; TIO;

PLASMONS;

EID: 84866252067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A729     Document Type: Article

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