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Plasmonic Efficiency Enhancement of High Performance Organic Solar Cells with a Nanostructured Rear Electrode
Author(s) -
Niesen Bjoern,
Rand Barry P.,
Van Dorpe Pol,
Cheyns David,
Tong Lianming,
Dmitriev Alexandre,
Heremans Paul
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201200289
Subject(s) - materials science , plasmon , organic solar cell , electrode , surface plasmon resonance , plasmonic solar cell , absorption (acoustics) , optoelectronics , energy conversion efficiency , layer (electronics) , active layer , nanotechnology , nanostructure , polymer solar cell , nanoparticle , composite material , chemistry , thin film transistor , polymer
A strategy and implementation for efficiency enhancement of optimized high performance organic solar cells by a plasmonic nanostructured Ag rear electrode is presented. This enhancement is achieved by tuning the surface plasmon resonance of the nanostructures to the active layer absorption tail, which generates enhanced absorption by light scattering, as verified by experiment and simulation.