Enhanced carrier mobility and photon-harvesting property by introducing Au nano-particles in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1931-1938

  Heo, Soo Won ^a   Lee, Eui Jin ^a   Song, Kwan Wook ^a   Lee, Jang Yong ^b   Moon, Doo Kyung ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Au Nanoparticles (NPs); Carrier mobility; Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); Photon harvesting property; Polymer solar cells (PSCs)

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ENHANCED CARRIER MOBILITY; HYBRID BUFFER LAYERS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

GOLD;

EID: 84878954023     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.04.042     Document Type: Article

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