Effect of shell thickness on small-molecule solar cells enhanced by dual plasmonic gold-silica nanorods

• Main Authors: Xu, Xiaoyan, Du, Qingguo, Peng, Bo, Xiong, Qihua, Hong, Lei, Demir, Hilmi Volkan, Ko Kyaw, Aung Ko, Sun, Xiao Wei, Wong, Terence Kin Shun
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Nanoelectronics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100130; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24083
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Chemically synthesized gold (Au)-silica nanorods with shell thickness of 0 nm–10 nm were incorporated into the bulk heterojunction of a small-molecule organic solar cell. At optimal (1 wt. %) concentration, Au-silica nanorods with 5 nm shell thickness resulted in the highest power conversion efficie...