Recent advances in plasmonic organic photovoltaics

Yang, Xi; Liu, Wenqing; Chen, Hongzheng

doi:10.1007/s11426-014-5219-3

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“…What is more, the extremely large absorption cross sections of plasmonic NPs can capture light more efficiently than other optical materials [10]. These potential advantages make plasmonic NPs an ideal candidate for harnessing solar energy [11][12][13][14]. Jang et al [15] have reported that shape-controlled gold NPs on wide bandgap semiconductors can improve water-splitting photoactivity; they found that plasmonic octahedral gold NPs could be maximized near electromagnetic fields.…”

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Effects of Au nanoparticle size and metal-support interaction on plasmon-induced photocatalytic water oxidation

Wang

Zeng

2018

Chinese Journal of Catalysis

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Effects of Au nanoparticle size and metal-support interaction on plasmon-induced photocatalytic water oxidation

Wang

Zeng

2018

Chinese Journal of Catalysis

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“…Bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells (PSCs) have been considered as a promising approach for delivering renewable energy due to their advantages of low cost, solution processability, low weight, and mechanical flexibility. − To date, a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 10% has been reached for PSCs thanks to the development of novel photovoltaic materials, morphology optimization, interface engineering, and innovation of device structures. − …”

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Solution-Processed 8-Hydroquinolatolithium as Effective Cathode Interlayer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

Liu

Liang

Chen

et al. 2016

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

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Solution-processed 8-hydroxyquinolinatolithium (s-Liq) was successfully applied as an efficient cathode interlayer in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells (PSCs), giving rise to enhancement in device performance. The ultraviolet photoelectron spectra results revealed that the presence of s-Liq could lower work function of Al cathode, allowing for the ohmic contacts with the fullerene acceptor for better electron extraction and also a larger work function difference between the two electrodes, which leads to an increase in open-circuit voltage (V(oc)). Scanning Kelvin probe microscopy study on the surface potential of active layers suggested that an interfacial dipole was formed in the s-Liq interlayer between the active layer and the Al cathode, which enhanced the intrinsic built-in potential in the device for better charge transportation and extraction. Consequently, the V(oc), fill factor, and current density of the device can be improved by the introduction of s-Liq interlayer, leading to a power conversion efficiency (PCE) improvement. With PTB7 (or PTB7-Th) as the donor and PC71BM as the acceptor, the s-Liq-based PSC devices exhibited a PCE of 8.37% (or 9.04%), much higher than those of devices with the evaporated Liq (7.62%) or commonly used PFN (8.14%) as the cathode interlayer. Moreover, the s-Liq-based devices showed good stability, maintaining 75% (in N2) and 45% (in air) of the initial PCE after 7 days, respectively. These results suggest the great potential of s-Liq as cathode interlayer material for high-performance solar cells application.

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“…spherical, pyramids, thin plates with a triangular, and other shapes of various sizes, with tunable resonance wavelengths have recently been studied [92][93][94][95][96]. Effortless solution processed fabrication makes them considerably more adoptive to be employed in organic/Si HSCs [97,98]. Wet chemical synthesis process makes possible the huge manufacturing of pure metallic nanocrystals with various types, sizes, shapes and dispersal [99][100][101] which can be easily incorporated in organic/Si HSCs to benefit from its plasmonic effect [102][103][104][105][106].…”

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Recent advances in highly efficient organic-silicon hybrid solar cells

Zhang

Iqbal

Zhang

et al. 2020

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

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Organic-silicon hybrid solar cells (organic/Si HSCs) have drawn much attention in the development of modern low-cost photovoltaic solar cells. Due to simpler and less expensive fabrication processes at room temperature, the HSCs have many superiorities over conventional silicon solar cells, positioning the HSCs be a striking research topic. Recently, a significant amount of research has been done to improve the yield and efficiency of hybrid solar cells. The performance enhancement of hybrid solar cells highly depends on a combination of the electrical, optical, materials and structural aspects. This review is dedicated to the recent advances in the mechanism, fabrication processes and light management in organic/Si HSCs, highlighting the important device structures, the surface texturing, the transparent electrodes as well as the integration of metallic nanostructures to improve the performances of hybrid solar cells.

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Recent advances in plasmonic organic photovoltaics

Cited by 20 publications

References 62 publications

Effects of Au nanoparticle size and metal-support interaction on plasmon-induced photocatalytic water oxidation

Effects of Au nanoparticle size and metal-support interaction on plasmon-induced photocatalytic water oxidation

Solution-Processed 8-Hydroquinolatolithium as Effective Cathode Interlayer for High-Performance Polymer Solar Cells

Recent advances in highly efficient organic-silicon hybrid solar cells

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