Polarization-diverse light absorption enhancement in organic photovoltaic structures with one-dimensional, long-pitch metallic gratings: Design and experiment

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Yifen ^a   Dhakal, Rabin ^a   Dalal, Vikram ^a   Kim, Jaeyoun ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BALANCED ALLOCATION; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC GRATINGS; MODE-BASED; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PLASMONIC; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; POLARIZATION STATE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRONG ENHANCEMENT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84870952520     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4769896     Document Type: Article

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