High-Efficiency Inverted Polymer Photovoltaics via Spectrally Tuned Absorption Enhancement

Loser, Stephen; Valle, Brent; Luck, Kyle A.; Song, Charles K.; Ogien, Gabriel; Hersam, Mark C.; Singer, Kenneth D.; Marks, Tobin J.

doi:10.1002/aenm.201301938

High-Efficiency Inverted Polymer Photovoltaics via Spectrally Tuned Absorption Enhancement

Journal Article · Mon May 19 04:00:00 EDT 2014 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201301938· OSTI ID:1383939

Loser, Stephen ^[1]; Valle, Brent ^[2]; Luck, Kyle A. ^[3]; Song, Charles K. ^[1]; Ogien, Gabriel ^[1]; Hersam, Mark C. ^[4]; Singer, Kenneth D. ^[2]; Marks, Tobin J. ^[4]

Department of Chemistry and the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA
Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue Cleveland OH 44106 USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2200 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 USA
Department of Chemistry and the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston IL 60208 USA; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2200 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 USA

Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research Center (ANSER)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE SC Office of Basic Energy Sciences (SC-22)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0001059

OSTI ID:: 1383939

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 4; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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