Light concentration and redistribution in polymer solar cells by plasmonic nanoparticles

We propose an optoelectronic model to investigate polymer solar cells with plasmonic nanoparticles. The optical properties of the plasmonic active layers, approximated by the effective medium theory, are combined with the organic semiconductor model. The simulation suggests the enhancement on short-...

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Published inNanoscale Vol. 4; no. 6; pp. 1978 - 1981
Main Authors Zhu, Jinfeng, Xue, Mei, Hoekstra, Ryan, Xiu, Faxian, Zeng, Baoqing, Wang, Kang L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 21.03.2012
Subjects
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Electric Power Supplies
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Lenses
Light
Models, Chemical
Nanostructures - chemistry
Nanostructures - ultrastructure
Particle Size
Scattering, Radiation
Solar Energy
Surface Plasmon Resonance - instrumentation
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Summary:We propose an optoelectronic model to investigate polymer solar cells with plasmonic nanoparticles. The optical properties of the plasmonic active layers, approximated by the effective medium theory, are combined with the organic semiconductor model. The simulation suggests the enhancement on short-circuit photocurrent is due to light concentration and redistribution by particle plasmons. An optoelectronic model using effective medium theory for plasmonic polymer solar cell revealed the enhancement on short-circuit photocurrent was due to light concentration and redistribution by nanoparticle plasmons.
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ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/c2nr11920j