Light trapping with total internal reflection and transparent electrodes in organic photovoltaic devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Tvingstedt, Kristofer ^a   Tang, Zheng ^a   Inganäs, Olle ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHELLE GRATINGS; LIGHT TRAPPING STRUCTURES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PLANAR REFLECTORS; ROLL TO ROLL MANUFACTURING; SEMI-TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; STANDARD CELL; SUB-CELLS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRODES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84867833928     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4759125     Document Type: Article

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