Enhanced performance of organic thin film solar cells using electrodes with nanoimprinted light-diffraction and light-diffusion structures

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6164-6169

  Chen, Jheng Yuan ^a   Yu, Ming Hung ^a   Chang, Chih Yu ^a   Chao, Yi Hsiang ^a   Sun, Kien Wen ^a   Hsu, Chain Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

diffraction; haze; light trapping; nanoimprint lithography; nanostructure; organic photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; PHOTORESISTS; SOLAR CELLS;

HAZE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84900871447     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405865w     Document Type: Conference Paper

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