DocumentCode
3442465
Title
Absorption enhancement in thin film photovoltaic devices based on surface plasmon-polariton
Author
Liu, Yifen ; Kim, Jaeyoun
Author_Institution
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
7-12 June 2009
Abstract
We designed an organic photovoltaic (PV) device with a gold (Au) grating top and a silver (Ag) bottom electrode. The Au grating will induce laterally propagating surface plasmon-polaritons (SPPs) along the interface between the PV active layer and the bottom Ag electrode. The SPPs enhance the light absorption length without increasing the PV active layer thickness.
Keywords
conducting polymers; diffraction gratings; gold; metallic thin films; organic semiconductors; polaritons; polymer films; silver; solar cells; surface plasmons; thin film devices; Au-Ag; PV active layer thickness; grating; light absorption length; organic photovoltaic device; surface plasmon polaritons; thin film photovoltaic devices; Absorption; Dielectric losses; Electrodes; Gold; Gratings; Optical propagation; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Thin film devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2009 34th IEEE
Conference_Location
Philadelphia, PA
ISSN
0160-8371
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2949-3
Electronic_ISBN
0160-8371
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411329
Filename
5411329
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