Title :
Plasmonic transparent electrodes for molecular organic photovoltaics with enhanced absorption
Author :
Beibei Zeng ; Qiaoqiang Gan ; Kafafi, Zakya H. ; Bartoli, Filbert J.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the optical absorption enhancement in molecular OPVs, in which an ultrathin Ag nanogrid is employed as a transparent electrode. A very high total photon absorptivity of 0.49 is predicted for such OPV architecture.
Keywords :
electrochemical electrodes; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; organic semiconductors; photoexcitation; plasmonics; silver; solar cells; Ag; molecular OPV; molecular organic photovoltaics; optical absorption enhancement; plasmonic transparent electrodes; total photon absorptivity; ultrathin nanogrid; Absorption; Electrodes; Indium tin oxide; Optical films; Optical polarization; Photonics; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656453
