Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays

Efficiency enhancement in plasmonic bulk heterojunction (PCDTBT:PCBM) organic solar cells (OSCs) is demonstrated with the integration of large area periodic Ag nano-triangle (NT) arrays (that were fabricated using the cost-effective, high throughput nanosphere lithography technique) in the OSC devic...

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Main Authors: Wu, Bo, Oo, Than Zaw, Li, Xianglin, Liu, Xinfeng, Wu, Xiangyang, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee, Fan, Hong Jin, Mathews, Nripan, Sum, Tze Chien
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-954122023-02-28T19:36:38Z Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays Wu, Bo Oo, Than Zaw Li, Xianglin Liu, Xinfeng Wu, Xiangyang Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee Fan, Hong Jin Mathews, Nripan Sum, Tze Chien School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences DRNTU::Science::Mathematics Efficiency enhancement in plasmonic bulk heterojunction (PCDTBT:PCBM) organic solar cells (OSCs) is demonstrated with the integration of large area periodic Ag nano-triangle (NT) arrays (that were fabricated using the cost-effective, high throughput nanosphere lithography technique) in the OSC device. The improvements to the power conversion efficiency (from 4.24% to 4.52%) and to the short circuit current density (by ~12%) are attributed to an increase in exciton generation induced by the strong local E-field and the scattering generated by the localized surface plasmon resonance of the hexagonal NT arrays. These findings are validated by a range of steady state and transient optical spectroscopy and correlated with device performance data. Importantly, our work demonstrates the feasibility of integrating a simple cost-effective, tailorable and scalable nanofabrication technique with existing OSC fabrication processes. Accepted version 2012-07-04T06:46:26Z 2019-12-06T19:14:20Z 2012-07-04T06:46:26Z 2019-12-06T19:14:20Z 2012 2012 Journal Article Wu, B., Oo, T. Z., Li, X., Liu, X., Wu, X., Yeow, E. K. L., et al. (2012). Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(28), 14820-14825. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95412 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8283 10.1021/jp303672f 166951 en The journal of physical chemistry C © 2012 American Chemical Society. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, American Chemical Society. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: DOI [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp303672f]. 21 p. application/pdf
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Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
description Efficiency enhancement in plasmonic bulk heterojunction (PCDTBT:PCBM) organic solar cells (OSCs) is demonstrated with the integration of large area periodic Ag nano-triangle (NT) arrays (that were fabricated using the cost-effective, high throughput nanosphere lithography technique) in the OSC device. The improvements to the power conversion efficiency (from 4.24% to 4.52%) and to the short circuit current density (by ~12%) are attributed to an increase in exciton generation induced by the strong local E-field and the scattering generated by the localized surface plasmon resonance of the hexagonal NT arrays. These findings are validated by a range of steady state and transient optical spectroscopy and correlated with device performance data. Importantly, our work demonstrates the feasibility of integrating a simple cost-effective, tailorable and scalable nanofabrication technique with existing OSC fabrication processes.
author2 School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
author_facet School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Wu, Bo
Oo, Than Zaw
Li, Xianglin
Liu, Xinfeng
Wu, Xiangyang
Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee
Fan, Hong Jin
Mathews, Nripan
Sum, Tze Chien
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author Wu, Bo
Oo, Than Zaw
Li, Xianglin
Liu, Xinfeng
Wu, Xiangyang
Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee
Fan, Hong Jin
Mathews, Nripan
Sum, Tze Chien
author_sort Wu, Bo
title Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
title_short Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
title_full Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
title_fullStr Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
title_full_unstemmed Efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area Ag nano-triangle arrays
title_sort efficiency enhancement in bulk-heterojunction solar cells integrated with large area ag nano-triangle arrays
publishDate 2012
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