Ultrathin, high-efficiency, broad-band, omniacceptance, organic solar cells enhanced by plasmonic cavity with subwavelength hole array

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A60-A76

  Chou, Stephen Y ^a   Ding, Wei ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMONS; THIN FILM DEVICES; TIN OXIDES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; TIN;

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; IDENTICAL STRUCTURES; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROLL TO ROLL MANUFACTURING; SUBWAVELENGTH HOLE ARRAYS; THICK ACTIVE LAYERS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; ABSORPTANCE; ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE MATERIAL; BROAD BANDS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO FILMS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; LIGHT INCIDENT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; METAL ELECTRODES; METAL-MESH; NANO-IMPRINT; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMONIC; POLYMER COMPOSITION; SUB-WAVELENGTH; ULTRA-THIN;

SOLAR CELLS;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; POLYMER; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TIN COMPOUNDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872697315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000A60     Document Type: Article

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