Guided-mode absorption in ultrathin organic photovoltaics

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3131-3136

  Pang, Yutong ^a,b   Dissanayake, Nanditha ^b   Eisaman, Matthew D ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

optical waveguides; organic photovoltaics; photovoltaic cells; thin films

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CHARGE EXTRACTION; EXPECTED IMPROVEMENTS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SLOT WAVEGUIDE; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN LAYERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; THIN FILMS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84869463424     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6318243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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