ENHANCEMENT OF THE PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY OF COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE THIN-FILM DEVICES BY INCORPORATION OF METAL-CLUSTERS

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作者
STENZEL, O
STENDAL, A
VOIGTSBERGER, K
VONBORCZYSKOWSKI, C
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[1] Technical University of Chemnitz-Zwickau, Institute of Physics, Subdept. of Optical Spectroscopy and Molecular Physics
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10.1016/0927-0248(95)00027-5
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
ITO-copperphthalocyanine-indium sandwich structures have been prepared by thermal evaporation in high vacuum. Different types of metal nanoclusters have been incorporated at the ITO-copperphthalocyanine interface. Significant differences in the photovoltaic conversion efficiency of the sandwich samples have been established as a function of the excitation wavelength. Copper clusters have been found to increase the conversion efficiency by a factor of nearly three for solar illumination. The observed effects are discussed assuming resonant light absorption in the metal clusters as the responsible physical mechanism for enhancement.
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