Surface-passivated plasmonic nano-pyramids for bulk heterojunction solar cell photocurrent enhancement.

Authors :: Kirkeminde A
Retsch M
Wang Q
Xu G
Hui R
Wu J
Ren S
Source :: Nanoscale [Nanoscale] 2012 Aug 07; Vol. 4 (15), pp. 4421-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jun 14.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: We report that self-assembled gold (Au) nanopyramid arrays can greatly enhance the photocurrent of narrow bandgap organic solar cells using their plasmonic near-field effect. The plasmonic enhanced power conversion efficiency exhibited up to 200% increase under the AM 1.5 solar illumination.

Subjects :: Electric Power Supplies
Fullerenes chemistry
Gold chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles chemistry
Polystyrenes chemistry
Surface Properties
Thiophenes chemistry
Nanostructures chemistry
Solar Energy

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