Gold nanorod enhanced organic photovoltaics: The importance of morphology effects

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1448-1457

  Wadams, Robert C ^a   Yen, Chun Wan ^b   Butcher Jr , Dennis P ^d   Koerner, Hilmar ^d   Durstock, Michael F ^d   Fabris, Laura ^c   Tabor, Christopher E ^d  

^a Rutgers The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Nanoparticle; Nanorod; Organic photovoltaics; Plasmon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; EFFICIENCY; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; EXTERNAL EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84899827954     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.03.039     Document Type: Article

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