Recent advances in plasmonic organic photovoltaics

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-220

  Yang, Xi ^a   Liu, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Hongzheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

enhanced light absorption; organic solar cell; plasmonic effect

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; PLASMONIC PHOTOVOLTAICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922384879     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5219-3     Document Type: Article

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