Metal nanoparticle enhanced organic solar cells: A numerical study of structure property relationships

Michael Salvador; Yong Zhang; Kung-Shih Chen; Hin-Lap Yip; Alex K.-Y. Jen; David Ginger

doi:10.1364/pv.2011.pthd5

Metal nanoparticle enhanced organic solar cells: A numerical study of structure property relationships

Michael Salvador, Yong Zhang, Kung-Shih Chen, Hin-Lap Yip, Alex K.-Y. Jen, David Ginger^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Metal nanoparticles (MeNPs) represent a promising class of materials for enhancing light harvesting in organic photovoltaics (OPVs). We conduct systematic finite-difference time-domain calculations for assessing the impact of size, shape, material and particle density of MeNPs as well as the influence of spectral overlap for given particle/semiconductor pairs in nanoparticle enhanced organic solar cells. Those aspects are critical in determining the enhancement in the overall performance of OPV cells. We observe single-wavelength absorption enhancement factors larger than 20 in the near infrared spectral region of widely used polymer blends. © 2011 OSA.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2011
Publisher	OSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781557529206
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/pv.2011.pthd5
Publication status	Published - Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV 2011) - Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas, United States Duration: 2 Nov 2011 → 3 Nov 2011 https://www.osa.org/osaorg/media/osa.media/Meetings/Archives/2011/PV-2011-Archive.pdf

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2701

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Conference	Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV 2011)
Place	United States
City	Austin, Texas
Period	2/11/11 → 3/11/11
Internet address	https://www.osa.org/osaorg/media/osa.media/Meetings/Archives/2011/PV-2011-Archive.pdf

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Salvador, M., Zhang, Y., Chen, K.-S., Yip, H.-L., Jen, A. K.-Y., & Ginger, D. (2011). Metal nanoparticle enhanced organic solar cells: A numerical study of structure property relationships. In Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2011 Article PThD5 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers). OSA - The Optical Society. https://doi.org/10.1364/pv.2011.pthd5

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Metal nanoparticle enhanced organic solar cells: A numerical study of structure property relationships. / Salvador, Michael; Zhang, Yong; Chen, Kung-Shih et al.
Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2011. OSA - The Optical Society, 2011. PThD5 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

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