Multi-physical properties of plasmonic organic solar cells

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-46

  Choy, Wallace C H ^a   Sha, Wei E I ^a   Li, Xuanhua ^a   Zhang, Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

CARRIER COLLECTION; CARRIER TRANSPORT LAYERS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; METALLIC NANOMATERIALS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; RESEARCH INTERESTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84899142796     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER14031810     Document Type: Article

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