Simultaneous improvement in efficiency and transmittance of low bandgap semitransparent polymer solar cells with one-dimensional photonic crystals

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-202

  Yu, Wenjuan ^a   Shen, Liang ^a   Shen, Ping ^b   Meng, Fanxu ^a   Long, Yongbing ^c   Wang, Yanan ^a   Lv, Tongyun ^a   Ruan, Shengping ^a   Chen, Geheng ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Wuyi University   (China)

Author keywords

Low bandgap polymer; One dimensional photonic crystals; Semitransparent solar cells

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED REFLECTORS; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; ONE DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; PHOTONIC BANDGAP (PBG); POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMI-TRANSPARENT SOLAR CELLS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84879557390     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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