Plasmonic organic solar cells employing nanobump assembly via aerosol-derived nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2590-2601

  Jung, Kinam ^a,b   Song, Hyung Jun ^a,b   Lee, Gunhee ^a,b   Ko, Youngjun ^a,b   Ahn, Kwangjun ^b   Choi, Hoseop ^a,b   Kim, Jun Young ^a,b   Ha, Kyungyeon ^a,b   Song, Jiyun ^a,b   Lee, Jong Kwon ^b   Lee, Changhee ^a,b   Choi, Mansoo ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

aerosol process; multireflection; nanobump assembly; nanoparticles; organic solar cell; plasmonic effect

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SILVER;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; MULTI-REFLECTION; NANOBUMPS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VACUUM THERMAL EVAPORATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896933758     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500276n     Document Type: Article

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