Enhanced power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells by embedding Ag nanoparticles in exciton blocking layer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2414-2419

  Kim, Inho ^a   Fleetham, Tyler ^b   Choi, Hyung Woo ^b   Choi, Jea Young ^b   Lee, Taek Sung ^a   Jeong, Doo Seok ^a   Lee, Wook Seong ^a   Lee, Kyeong Seok ^a   Lee, Yong Kyun ^c   Alford, Terry L ^b   Li, Jian ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b AZ 85281   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticle; Exciton blocking layer; Organic solar cells; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXCITONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THERMAL EVAPORATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; CATHODE CONTACTS; EXCITON BLOCKING LAYERS; FDTD (FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN); LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SERIES RESISTANCES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84905179977     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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