Microcavity effects on the generation, fluorescence, and diffusion of excitons in organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 103, 2013, Pages A336-A354

  Kozyreff, G ^a   Urbanek, D C ^b   Vuong, L T ^c   Silleras, O Nieto ^a   Martorell, J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROCAVITIES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MICROCAVITY EFFECTS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SHORT-CIRCUIT DIFFUSION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878620822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A336     Document Type: Article

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