Surface plasmon enhancement of polymer solar cells by penetrating Au/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles into all organic layers

Nano Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 906-915

  Chen, Boxue ^a   Zhang, Wenfeng ^a   Zhou, Xinghao ^a   Huang, Xiao ^a   Zhao, Xuemei ^a   Wang, Haitao ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Lu, Yalin ^a,b   Yang, Shangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell structure; Gold nanoparticles; Polymer solar cells; Power conversion efficiency; Surface plasmon

Indexed keywords

CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PLASMONS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; GOLD ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; PLASTIC COATINGS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

GOLD;

EID: 84885308797     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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