Geometric light trapping with a V-trap for efficient organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Margulis, George Y ^a   Rim, Seung Bum ^a   Brongersma, Mark L ^a   McGehee, Michael D ^a   Peumans, Peter ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878551968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A558     Document Type: Article

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