A review of recent plasmonic nanoparticles incorporated P3HT: PCBM organic thin film solar cells |
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| Affiliation: | 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. Center for Nano Science and Technology@PoliMi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Giovanni Pascoli 70/3, 20133 Milano, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy;3. Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy;1. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran;2. Faculty of Polymer Engineering and Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran;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. Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Institute for Materials Research (IMO), Materials Physics, Wetenschapspark 1, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium;2. Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek, Institute for Materials Research (IMO), Design & Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors (DSOS), Agoralaan-Building D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium;3. IMEC, Division IMOMEC, Wetenschapspark 1, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium;4. Institut für Angewandte Photophysik, Technische Universität Dresden, George-Bähr-Straße 1, 01069 Dresden, Germany;5. Department of Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium;6. Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany;1. Plastic Electronics and Energy Laboratory (PEEL), Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India;2. Uppsala University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Box 516, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;1. Center for Advanced Materials, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, United States;2. Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, United States;3. US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Natick, MA 01760, United States |
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| Abstract: | An optimum thickness of organic active layer of 100 nm or possibly less results in poor optical absorption in organic photovoltaic cells (OPV). The optical absorption can be improved by using a thick organic active layer, but the charge carrier collection efficiency will decrease due to low charge carrier mobility for most of the polymeric organic semiconductor. This phenomenon imposes a trade-off between optical absorption and charge carriers transport inside OPV. Recently, metallic nanostructures such as gold (Au) and silver (Ag) with various sizes and morphologies have been identified as an alternative route to boost the performance of OPV at this specific limited thickness (ie. ≤100 nm). Multiple plasmonic effects such as optical and electrical effects are induced upon introducing metallic nanoparticle(s), NP(s) into OPV. This review highlights recent progress in plasmonic-enhanced poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl): phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM)-based OPV with NP(s) located either inside organic active layer or carrier transport layer (CTL) or at various interfaces within the OPV cell architecture. With understanding of the physical plasmonic effects for Au and Ag in OPV, such plasmonic NP(s) act as a new class of strategy for performance optimization. |
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| Keywords: | Organic active layer Optical absorption Organic photovoltaic Plasmonic effect Performance optimization |
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