Fabrication and characterization of large metallic nanodots arrays for organic thin film solar cells using anodic aluminum oxide templates

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 657-662

  Sangar, Alexandre ^a   Merlen, Alexandre ^a   Chevallier, Virginie ^a   Torchio, Philippe ^b   Vedraine, Sylvain ^b   Escoubas, Ludovic ^b   Patrone, Lionel ^b,c   Flory, François ^b   Delafosse, Gregory ^c   Moyen, Eric ^d   Hanbucken, Margrit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anodic aluminum oxide; FDTD method calculation; Nanoparticles; Near field; Organic Photovoltaic cell; Plasmonic

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ANODIC OXIDATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE TEMPLATE; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; NEAR FIELDS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; PLASMONIC; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84872471057     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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