Light trapping schemes in organic solar cells: A comparison between optical Tamm states and Fabry-Pérot cavity modes

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1577-1585

  Zhang, Xu Lin ^a   Song, Jun Feng ^a,b   Li, Xian Bin ^a   Feng, Jing ^a   Sun, Hong Bo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot cavity modes; Light trappings; Optical Tamm states; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CORRUGATED METAL; INTERFACE STATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STATES;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ABSORPTION PERFORMANCE; CAVITY MODE; DIELECTRIC LAYER; FIELD DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TAMM STATES; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; STRONG SCATTERINGS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84876187189     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.03.029     Document Type: Article

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