Incorporation of silver and gold nanostructures for performance improvement in P3HT: PCBM inverted solar cell with rGO/ZnO nanocomposite as an electron transport layer |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Plastic Electronics and Energy Laboratory (PEEL), Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India;2. Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, BITS-Pilani (Hyderabad Campus), Hyderabad, Telangana, 500078, India;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;2. State Centre for International Cooperation on Designer Low-Carbon and Environmental Materials, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China;1. Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China;2. Laboratory of All-Solid-State Light Sources, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, PR China;1. School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Solar Energy Research Institute, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;3. Advanced Displayed Research Centre, Department of Information Display, Kyung HeeUniversity, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, 130-701, South Korea;1. Hunan Key Laboratory for Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, PR China;2. Printable Electronic Research Center, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Suzhou 215123, PR China;3. i-Lab, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, PR China;4. State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Inefficient light absorption and inefficient charge separation are considered as two major impediments for the efficiency improvement in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells (BHJ OSCs). In this work, we report the simultaneous role of modified electron transport layer (ETL) and photoactive layers on the performance of poly (3-hexylthiophene), 6, 6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM) BHJ OSCs. To modify the ETL, composite of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) (0.4 wt %) and ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) was used, which resulted in efficiency enhancement from 3.13 to 3.81%, as compared to a value of 3.13% when only ZnO was used. Thereafter, to improve upon the optical absorption properties, the photoactive layer is modified by embedding nanoparticles and nanorods of Ag and Au into it. The size of Ag and Au nanoparticles were chosen to be 50 nm while the dimensions of Ag and Au nanorods were so controlled to obtain length of approx. 50 nm and width of ～10 nm. All the devices were fabricated in inverted geometry and 20 wt% nanostructures embedded devices showed the best results. For Ag and Au NPs embedded devices, the maximum power conversion efficiency was found to be 4.21% and 4.44%, respectively. On the other hand, for Ag and Au NRs embedded devices, the maximum efficiency was 4.37% and 4.85%, respectively. For comparison, the control devices where no nanostructures were embedded, which shows efficiency of 3.81%. Therefore, an overall enhancement in efficiency was nearly 1.21 and 1.1, 1.16, 1.14, 1.27 fold after modifying ETL as well as the active layer. The reasons for performance improvement were ascribed to better charge extraction properties of ETL, enhanced light absorption due to localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) and efficient light scattering by the nanostructures and improved global mobilities. |
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| Keywords: | Organic solar cell Ag & Au nanostructures UV–Vis absorption P3HT:PCBM LSPR Mie scattering |
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