Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals

Peer, Akshit; Biswas, Rana

doi:10.1021/ph500124q

Title: Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals

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Authors:: Peer, Akshit; Biswas, Rana

Publication Date:: Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1223326

Report Number(s):: IS-J 8475
Journal ID: ISSN 2330-4022

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC02-07CH11358

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: ACS Photonics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2330-4022

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Peer, Akshit, and Biswas, Rana. Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
        Web.  doi:10.1021/ph500124q.

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                    Peer, Akshit, & Biswas, Rana. Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500124q

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                    Peer, Akshit, and Biswas, Rana. 2014.  
        "Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/ph500124q.

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  title        = {Nanophotonic Organic Solar Cell Architecture for Advanced Light Trapping with Dual Photonic Crystals},

  author       = {Peer, Akshit and Biswas, Rana},

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  year         = {Wed Sep 17 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

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