Enhanced performance of PTB7:PC71BM solar cells via different morphologies of gold nanoparticles

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20676-20684

  Ng, Annie ^a   Yiu, Wai Kin ^b   Foo, Yishu ^c   Shen, Qian ^a   Bejaoui, Amina ^c   Zhao, Yiying ^a   Gokkaya, Huseyin Cem ^a   Djurišić, Aleksandra B ^b   Zapien, Juan Antonio ^c   Chan, Wai Kin ^b   Surya, Charles ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

absorption; finite difference time domain; gold nanoparticles; plasmonic effect; polymer solar cells; scattering

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BUTYRIC ACID; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SCATTERING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84917707391     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am504250w     Document Type: Article

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