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Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells

Truncated octahedral gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs), Au nanocubes (NCs)-, and silver (Ag) NCs are used to study the effect of NPs shape, material and incorporation location on the performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C(71)-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC(71)BM) based inverted bulk he...

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Autores principales: Mohan, Minu, Sekar, Ramkumar, Namboothiry, Manoj A. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9055317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra04076b
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description Truncated octahedral gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs), Au nanocubes (NCs)-, and silver (Ag) NCs are used to study the effect of NPs shape, material and incorporation location on the performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C(71)-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC(71)BM) based inverted bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Plasmonic OSCs (POSCs) with NPs incorporated as an interfacial layer between zinc oxide (ZnO) and active layer showed highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) and short circuit current density (J(sc)) values for all kind of shapes and material compared to POSCs with NPs blended into the active layer. Near-field enhancement as well as enhanced forward scattering cross section is attributed for POSC performance improvement. Among the NPs with two shapes, POSCs with truncated octahedral Au NPs exceeded the photovoltaic performance compared to those of POSCs with Au and Ag NCs. Large number of antennas in truncated octahedral Au NPs compared to NC is reasoned to be the cause for this improvement. Even though Ag has better localised surface plasmon resoanance (LSPR) properties compared to Au, the POSCs with Ag NCs showed lower J(sc) value and is due to reduced number of photons at the blue shifted LSPR wavelength of Ag NCs. The improvement in J(sc) values of POSCs is confirmed by enhancement in absorption, external quantum efficiency (EQE), exciton generation and exciton dissociation probability measurements and is due to improved LSPR coupling of the NPs with the active layer. The surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and photoluminescence (PL) studies confirm the absorption enhancement in the active layer by NP LSPR coupling and further confirm the enhancement in the photovoltaic performance of POSCs.
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spelling pubmed-90553172022-05-04 Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells Mohan, Minu Sekar, Ramkumar Namboothiry, Manoj A. G. RSC Adv Chemistry Truncated octahedral gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs), Au nanocubes (NCs)-, and silver (Ag) NCs are used to study the effect of NPs shape, material and incorporation location on the performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-C(71)-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC(71)BM) based inverted bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells (OSCs). Plasmonic OSCs (POSCs) with NPs incorporated as an interfacial layer between zinc oxide (ZnO) and active layer showed highest power conversion efficiency (PCE) and short circuit current density (J(sc)) values for all kind of shapes and material compared to POSCs with NPs blended into the active layer. Near-field enhancement as well as enhanced forward scattering cross section is attributed for POSC performance improvement. Among the NPs with two shapes, POSCs with truncated octahedral Au NPs exceeded the photovoltaic performance compared to those of POSCs with Au and Ag NCs. Large number of antennas in truncated octahedral Au NPs compared to NC is reasoned to be the cause for this improvement. Even though Ag has better localised surface plasmon resoanance (LSPR) properties compared to Au, the POSCs with Ag NCs showed lower J(sc) value and is due to reduced number of photons at the blue shifted LSPR wavelength of Ag NCs. The improvement in J(sc) values of POSCs is confirmed by enhancement in absorption, external quantum efficiency (EQE), exciton generation and exciton dissociation probability measurements and is due to improved LSPR coupling of the NPs with the active layer. The surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and photoluminescence (PL) studies confirm the absorption enhancement in the active layer by NP LSPR coupling and further confirm the enhancement in the photovoltaic performance of POSCs. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9055317/ /pubmed/35519780 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra04076b Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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Namboothiry, Manoj A. G.
Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title_full Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title_fullStr Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title_full_unstemmed Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title_short Understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
title_sort understanding the effects of shape, material and location of incorporation of metal nanoparticles on the performance of plasmonic organic solar cells
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9055317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra04076b
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