  We demonstrate the optical absorption has been enhanced in the small molecule
organic solar cells by employing trapezoid grating structure. The enhanced
absorption is mainly attributed to both waveguide modes and surface plasmon
modes, which has been simulated by using finite-difference time-domain method.
The simulated results show that the surface plasmon along the semitransparent
metallic Ag anode is excited by introducing the periodical trapezoid gratings,
which induce high intensity field increment in the donor layer. Meanwhile, the
waveguide modes result a high intensity field in acceptor layer. The increment
of field improves the absorption of organic solar cells, significantly, which
has been demonstrated by simulating the electrical properties. The simulated
results exhibiting 31 % increment of the short-circuit current has been
achieved in the optimized device, which is supported by the experimental
measurement. The power conversion efficiency of the grating sample obtained in
experiment exhibits an enhancement of 7.7 %.
