E-beam deposited Ag-nanoparticles plasmonic organic solar cell and its absorption enhancement analysis using FDTD-based cylindrical nano-particle optical model

Richard S. Kim; Jinfeng Zhu; Jeung Hun Park; Lu Li; Zhibin Yu; Huajun Shen; Mei Xue; Kang L. Wang; Gyechoon Park; Timothy J. Anderson; Qibing Pei

doi:10.1364/OE.20.012649

E-beam deposited Ag-nanoparticles plasmonic organic solar cell and its absorption enhancement analysis using FDTD-based cylindrical nano-particle optical model

Richard S. Kim, Jinfeng Zhu, Jeung Hun Park, Lu Li, Zhibin Yu, Huajun Shen, Mei Xue, Kang L. Wang, Gyechoon Park, Timothy J. Anderson, Qibing Pei

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We report the plasmon-assisted photocurrent enhancement in Ag-nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) embedded PEDOT:PSS/P3HT:PCBM organic solar cells, and systematically investigate the causes of the improved optical absorption based on a cylindrical Ag-NPs optical model which is simulated with a 3-Dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The proposed cylindrical Ag-NPs optical model is able to explain the optical absorption enhancement by the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) modes, and to provide a further understanding of Ag-NPs shape parameters which play an important role to determine the broadband absorption phenomena in plasmonic organic solar cells. A significant increase in the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the plasmonic solar cell was experimentally observed and compared with that of the solar cells without Ag-NPs. Finally, our conclusion was made after briefly discussing the electrical effects of the fabricated plasmonic organic solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12649-12657
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	20
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.012649
Publication status	Published - 2012 Jun 4

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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