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Optically-enhanced performance of polymer solar cells with low concentration of gold nanorods in the anodic buffer layer

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Optically-enhanced performance of polymer solar cells with low concentration of gold nanorods in the anodic buffer layer

Mahmoud, Alaa Y., Zhang, Jianming, Ma, Dongling, Izquierdo, Ricardo and Truong, Vo-Van ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-3749 (2012) Optically-enhanced performance of polymer solar cells with low concentration of gold nanorods in the anodic buffer layer. Organic Electronics, 13 (12). pp. 3102-3107. ISSN 15661199

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orgel.2012.09.015

Abstract

In this work, the effect of gold nanorods on the performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl):[6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric-acid-methyl-ester bulk heterojunction solar cells was investigated. Gold nanorods were introduced into the anodic buffer layer by simply blending them with the solution of poly(3,4-ethyl-enedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate). Even with a fairly low density of the nanorods, the resulting devices showed a remarkable 21.3% enhancement in the power conversion efficiency and a 13% enlargement in the short circuit current. By examining the absorbance profiles of active films made with different conditions, such enhancements can be related to the localized transverse and longitudinal plasmon resonance modes in the metallic nanoparticles. Gold nanorods helped as well in reducing the device series resistance by up to 36%, which also contributed to the global enhancement in the efficiency.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Physics
Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Authors:Mahmoud, Alaa Y. and Zhang, Jianming and Ma, Dongling and Izquierdo, Ricardo and Truong, Vo-Van
Journal or Publication:Organic Electronics
Date:2012
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):10.1016/j.orgel.2012.09.015
ID Code:978276
Deposited By: DAVID MACAULAY
Deposited On:19 Feb 2014 16:21
Last Modified:18 Jan 2018 17:46
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