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journal article·2015-07-29

Improved Power Conversion Efficiency of Inverted Organic Solar Cells by Incorporating Au Nanorods into Active Layer

Yeyuan He, Chunyu Liu, Jinfeng Li, Xinyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Liang Shen, Wenbin Guo, Shengping Ruan

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces· Volume 7· Issue 29
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Abstract

This Research Article describes a cooperative plasmonic effect on improving the performance of organic solar cells. When Au nanorods(NRs) are incorporated into the active layers, the designed project shows superior enhanced light absorption behavior comparing with control devices, which leads to the realization of organic solar cell with power conversion efficiency of 6.83%, accounting for 18.9% improvement. Further investigations unravel the influence of plasmonic nanostructures on light trapping, exciton generation, dissociation, and charge recombination and transport inside the thin films devices. Moreover, the introduction of high-conductivity Au NRs improves electrical conductivity of the whole device, which contributes to the enhanced fill factor.
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Nanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics · Conducting polymers and applications · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, People’s Republic of China

Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska−Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0656, United States

Funding

Changchun Municipality · State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Jilin University · National Natural Science Foundation of China · Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China · Graduate Innovation Fund, Jilin University · Jilin University · Jilin Province

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