DocumentCode
1649325
Title
Thin-film organic photovoltaics with double plasmonic nanostructures: The metal effect
Author
Zeng, Beibei ; Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Kafafi, Zakya H. ; Bartoli, Filbert J.
Author_Institution
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Broadband light absorption enhancement is numerically investigated for double plasmonic nanostructures in thin-film organic photovoltaics (OPVs) using Ag, Al, and Au. A spectrally broadband, polarization-insensitive, and wide-angle absorption enhancement in the organic layer is predicted.
Keywords
aluminium; gold; light absorption; metallic thin films; nanostructured materials; plasmonics; silver; solar cells; surface plasmons; Ag; Al; Au; broadband light absorption; double plasmonic nanostructures; metal effect; organic layer; polarization-insensitive absorption; spectrally broadband absorption; thin-film organic photovoltaics; wide-angle absorption; Absorption; Arrays; Films; Gold; Nanostructures; Plasmons;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6325497
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