Title :
Plasmonic nanocavity arrays for enhanced efficiency in organic photovoltaic cells
Author :
Lindquist, Nathan C. ; Luhman, Wade A. ; Holmes, Russell J. ; Oh, Sang-Hyun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Abstract :
Photovoltaic cells suffer an efficiency trade-off: thicker cells absorb more light, but the photo-generated excitons may recombine before dissociation, limiting the photo-current. With subwavelength confinement of the incident light, plasmonic nanocavities can overcome this limitation.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; organic compounds; photovoltaic cells; plasmonics; enhanced efficiency; incident light; organic photovoltaic cells; photocurrent; photogenerated excitons; plasmonic nanocavity arrays; subwavelength confinement; Absorption; Anodes; Electron optics; Excitons; Optical arrays; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Plasma confinement; Plasmons; Organic Photovoltaics; Plasmon Cavity; Plasmonic Solar Cells;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688666
