A plasmonically enhanced polymer solar cell with gold-silica core-shell nanorods

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2360-2368

  Xu, Xiaoyan ^a   Kyaw, Aung Ko Ko ^b   Peng, Bo ^c   Zhao, Dewei ^a,d   Wong, Terence K S ^a   Xiong, Qihua ^a,c   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a   Heeger, Alan J ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Au nanorods; Metallic nanoparticles; Plasmonic effects; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BUTYRIC ACID; EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; AU NANO RODS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84885484161     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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