Surface plasmonic effect and scattering effect of Au nanorods on the performance of polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells

Science China Technological Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1865-1869

  Fang, Yi ^a   Hou, Yanbing ^a   Lou, Zhidong ^a   Teng, Feng ^a   Tang, Aiwei ^a   Hu, Yufeng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

gold nanorods; photovoltaic devices; plasmonic effect; scattering effect

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DETERIORATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GOLD; GOLD NANORODS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE SCATTERING; WATER RESOURCES;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; GOLD NANORODS (AUNRS); LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POLYMER BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING EFFECTS;

SURFACE PLASMONS;

EID: 84881372757     PISSN: 16747321     EISSN: 18691900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11431-013-5263-9     Document Type: Article

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