Broadband plasmon-enhanced polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 9.26% using mixed Au nanoparticles

Jingyu Hao; Ying Xu; Shufen Chen; Yupei Zhang; Jiangquan Mai; Tsz Ki Lau; Ran Zhang; Yang Mei; Lianhui Wang; Xinhui Lu; Wei Huang

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2015.07.032

Broadband plasmon-enhanced polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 9.26% using mixed Au nanoparticles

Jingyu Hao, Ying Xu, Shufen Chen, Yupei Zhang, Jiangquan Mai, Tsz Ki Lau, Ran Zhang, Yang Mei, Lianhui Wang, Xinhui Lu, Wei Huang

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Abstract

As-synthesized Au nanoparticles (NPs) composed of bone-like and rod shapes and a minority of cube and irregular spheres, generating three localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) peaks of 525, 575, and 775 nm, were doped into poly(3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) layer and realized a power conversion efficiency of as high as 9.26% in our polymer solar cells. Optical, electrical, and morphology changes induced by Au NPs were analyzed and results demonstrate that the outstanding device performance is mainly attributed to the LSPR- and scattering-induced absorption enhancement in the active layer. Besides, mixed Au NPs also decreased the bulk resistance of PEDOT:PSS, which is found to facilitate hole transport and collection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-58
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	362
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.07.032
State	Published - 1 Mar 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Au nanoparticle
Localized surface plasmon resonance
Polymer solar cells
Scattering

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Broadband plasmon-enhanced polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiency of 9.26% using mixed Au nanoparticles

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