Optical design of transparent metal grids for plasmonic absorption enhancement in ultrathin organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 104, 2013, Pages A669-A676

  Kim, Inho ^a   Lee, Taek Seong ^a   Jeong, Doo Seok ^a   Lee, Wook Seong ^a   Kim, Won Mok ^a   Lee, Kyeong Seok ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; INDIUM TIN OXIDE THIN FILMS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SURFACE PLASMON POLARITONS; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC POLARIZED LIGHTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL METALS;

METALS;

EID: 84879949308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A669     Document Type: Article

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