Effect of plasmonic Au nanoparticles on inverted organic solar cell performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-91

  Wang, Jian ^a   Lee, Yun Ju ^a   Chadha, Arvinder S ^b   Yi, Juan ^c   Jespersen, Michael L ^d   Kelley, John J ^d   Nguyen, Hue M ^c   Nimmo, Michael ^c   Malko, Anton V ^c   Vaia, Richard A ^d   Zhou, Weidong ^b   Hsu, Julia W P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AU NANOPARTICLE; DEVICE PARAMETERS; DIRECT CONTACT; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; FILL FACTOR; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; METHYL ESTERS; NEAR-FIELD; OPTICAL FIELD; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PL INTENSITY; PLASMONIC; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); ZNO;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD ALLOYS; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 84872416513     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp309415u     Document Type: Article

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