Transparent polymer solar cells employing a layered light-trapping architecture

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 995-1000

  Betancur, Rafael ^a   Romero Gomez, Pablo ^a   Martinez Otero, Alberto ^a   Elias, Xavier ^a   Maymó, Marc ^a   Martorell, Jordi ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; LAYER STRUCTURES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; METAL ELECTRODE THICKNESS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; TRANSPARENT POLYMER;

PHOTONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR CELLS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84889101542     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.276     Document Type: Article

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