Plasmon-enhanced organic solar cells with solution-processed three-dimensional Ag nanosheets

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-232

  Ma, Chunyu ^a,b   Qin, Wenjing ^a,b   Xu, Xinrui ^a,b   Li, Mingyang ^a,b   Han, Xuesong ^a,b   Yang, Liying ^a,b   Yin, Shougen ^a,b   Wei, Jun ^a,c   Zhang, Fengling ^a,d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices   (China)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ag nanosheet; Photovoltaic; Solar cell; Surface Plasmon; Three Dimensional

Indexed keywords

3D NETWORKS; ACTIVE LAYER; CONTROL DEVICE; EXCITON GENERATION; FILL FACTOR; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER MIRROR REACTIONS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; NANOSHEETS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMONS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84871199620     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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