Enhanced performances in inverted small molecule solar cells by Ag nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 25, 2014, Pages A1669-A1679

  Jin, Fangming ^a,b   Chu, Bei ^a   Li, Wenlian ^a   Su, Zisheng ^a   Zhao, Haifeng ^a   Lee, C S ^c  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; MOLECULAR SOLAR CELLS; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFERENCE DEVICES; SMALL MOLECULES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84919621351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1669     Document Type: Article

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