Title :
Plasmonic concentrators for enhanced light absorption in ultra-thin film organic solar cells
Author :
Flanigan, P.W. ; Ostfeld, A.E. ; Zhen Ye ; Serrino, N.G. ; Plummer, Andrew ; Pacifici, D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
A plasmonic concentrator consisting of a quasi-periodic array of shallow sub-wavelength holes is considered for use in ultra-thin film organic solar cells. The level of absorption enhancement in the active layer will be studied as functions of array symmetry and planar hole density.
Keywords :
hole density; solar cells; thin film devices; absorption enhancement; array symmetry; enhanced light absorption; planar hole density; plasmonic concentrators; quasiperiodic array; shallow subwavelength holes; ultrathin film organic solar cells; Absorption; Arrays; Density measurement; Films; Interference; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Photovoltaics; organic; plasmonics; quasi-periodic;
Conference_Titel :
Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices (LEC), 2012
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2298-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2300-0
DOI :
10.1109/lec.2012.6410976
