Direct electrical evidence of plasmonic near-field enhancement in small molecule organic solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 15128-15135

  Jägeler Hoheisel, Till ^a   Selzer, Franz ^a   Riede, Moritz ^a,b   Leo, Karl ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; PLASMONS; SILVER; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

NEAR-FIELD ENHANCEMENT; ORGANIC THIN-FILM DEVICES; PLASMONIC SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; ZINC PHTHALOCYANINES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904536044     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5025087     Document Type: Article

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