Light trapping enhancement of inverted polymer solar cells with a nanostructured scattering rear electrode

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2158-2163

  Cheng, Pan Pan ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Li, Jie Ai ^a   Li, Yan Qing ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Tang, Jian Xin ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ag nanostructure; Backscattering; Light trapping; Polymer solar cell; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRODES; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CELL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; FLAT ELECTRODES; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; HOLE EXTRACTION LAYERS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878726671     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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