Title :
Research Highlights on Organic Photovoltaics and Plasmonics
Author :
Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Bartoli, Filbert J. ; Kafafi, Zakya H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., SUNY - Univ. at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
fDate :
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Incorporation of plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping is an attractive solution to enhance the optical absorption of the active light-harvesting layer(s) in thin-film photovoltaic cells. The latest research highlights on plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaics (OPVs), including metallic nanoparticles and periodic nanopatterned structures, are presented in this paper.
Keywords :
nanoparticles; nanopatterning; nanophotonics; organic compounds; plasmonics; solar cells; light trapping; light-harvesting layers; metallic nanoparticles; optical absorption; organic plasmonics; periodic nanopatterned structures; plasmonic nanostructures; plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaics; thin-film photovoltaic cells; Organic photovoltaics; nanophotonics; plasmonics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2188886
