Polymeric photovoltaics with various metallic plasmonic nanostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zeng, Beibei ^a   Gan, Qiaoqiang ^b   Kafafi, Zakya H ^a,c   Bartoli, Filbert J ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; DEVICE STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FULL-FIELD; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LIGHT INCIDENCE; LIGHT-HARVESTING LAYERS; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PLASMONIC; PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMERIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITON MODES; WIDE-ANGLE ABSORPTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GOLD; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMONS; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84874304719     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4790504     Document Type: Article

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