• DocumentCode
    1253107
  • 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
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    620
  • Lastpage
    624
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1943-0655
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2188886
  • Filename
    6251853