Title :
Absorption enhancement in thin-film organic photovoltaics with double plasmonic structures
Author :
Zeng, Beibei ; Gan, Qiaoqiang ; Kafafi, Zakya H. ; Bartoli, Filbert J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Broadband light absorption enhancement is numerically investigated for double plasmonic structures in thin-film organic photovoltaics. Due to the combined excitation of different Surface Plasmon modes, the absorption enhancement of about 67% is obtained.
Keywords :
light absorption; metallic thin films; numerical analysis; organic compounds; plasmonics; solar cells; surface plasmons; thin film devices; broadband light absorption enhancement; double plasmonic structure; surface plasmon mode excitation; thin film organic photovoltaics; Absorption; Arrays; Electric fields; Periodic structures; Photovoltaic systems; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110802
