TY - GEN
T1 - Power conversion efficiency enhancement of polymer solar cells by incorporation of gold nanoparticles
AU - Ng, Annie
AU - Surya, Charles
AU - Yiu, Wai Kin
AU - Djurisic, Aleksandra
PY - 2014/3/13
Y1 - 2014/3/13
N2 - We have performed the incorporation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different concentration and morphology into anode buffer layer of poly [[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′] dithiophene -2, 6-diyl] [3-fluoro-2- [(2-ethylhexy) carbonyl] thieno [3,4-b]thiophened iyl]] (PTB7): [6,6]-Phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) based solar cell. Under optimized conditions, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) can be enhanced from 7.5 % (without AuNPs) to 8.1 % (with AuNPs), which is mainly attributed to the absorption enhancement in the range of 400-650 nm. The solar cells incorporated with pointy-edge AuNPs such as nanocubes show more significant improvement in the photovoltaic performance.
AB - We have performed the incorporation of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different concentration and morphology into anode buffer layer of poly [[4,8-bis[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′] dithiophene -2, 6-diyl] [3-fluoro-2- [(2-ethylhexy) carbonyl] thieno [3,4-b]thiophened iyl]] (PTB7): [6,6]-Phenyl C71 butyric acid methyl ester (PC71BM) based solar cell. Under optimized conditions, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) can be enhanced from 7.5 % (without AuNPs) to 8.1 % (with AuNPs), which is mainly attributed to the absorption enhancement in the range of 400-650 nm. The solar cells incorporated with pointy-edge AuNPs such as nanocubes show more significant improvement in the photovoltaic performance.
KW - gold nanoparticles
KW - plasmonic effect
KW - polymer solar cells
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U2 - 10.1109/EDSSC.2014.7061100
DO - 10.1109/EDSSC.2014.7061100
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84949924630
T3 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2014
BT - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2014
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2014 IEEE International Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, EDSSC 2014
Y2 - 18 June 2014 through 20 June 2014
ER -