Quantum Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells: Electro-Optical Cavity Considerations

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 173-181

  Armin, Ardalan ^a   Velusamy, Marappan ^a   Wolfer, Pascal ^a   Zhang, Yuliang ^a   Burn, Paul L ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a   Pivrikas, Almantas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

hot exciton; internal quantum efficiency; low finesse electro optical cavities; optical interference; organic solar cell; parasitic absorption

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS;

COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84906094350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph400044k     Document Type: Article

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