Plasmonic silver nanoparticles for improved organic solar cells

dc.contributor.authorKalfagiannis, N.en
dc.contributor.authorKaragiannidis, P. G.en
dc.contributor.authorPitsalidis, C.en
dc.contributor.authorPanagiotopoulos, N. T.en
dc.contributor.authorGravalidis, C.en
dc.contributor.authorKassavetis, S.en
dc.contributor.authorPatsalas, P.en
dc.contributor.authorLogothetidis, S.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T17:37:20Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T17:37:20Z
dc.identifier.issn0927-0248-
dc.identifier.urihttps://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/14341
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dc.subjectsilver nanoparticlesen
dc.subjectplasmonic solar cellsen
dc.subjectspectroscopic ellipsometryen
dc.subjectsurface plasmon resonanceen
dc.subjectscatteringen
dc.subjectpolymer photovoltaic cellsen
dc.subjectvertical phase-separationen
dc.subjectthin-filmsen
dc.subjectefficiencyen
dc.subjectblendsen
dc.subjectpoly(3-hexylthiophene)en
dc.subjectenhancementen
dc.subjectnanoscaleen
dc.subjectdevicesen
dc.subjectabsorptionen
dc.titlePlasmonic silver nanoparticles for improved organic solar cellsen
heal.abstractIn the present work we compare the performance of organic solar cells, based on the bulk heterojunction system of P3HT:PCBM when adequate silver nanoparticles (NPs) are incorporated in two distinct places among the device structure. Introduction of NPs on top of the transparent anode revealed better overall performance with an increased efficiency of 17%. Alternatively, placing the NPs on top of the active photovoltaic layer resulted to 25% higher photo-current generation albeit with inferior electrical characteristics (i.e series and shunt resistance). Our findings suggest that enhanced scattering to non-specular directions from NPs site is maximized when penetrating light meets the particles after the polymer blend, but even this mechanism is not sufficient enough to explain the enhanced short circuit current observed. A second mechanism should be feasible; that is plasmon enhancement which is more efficient in the case where NPs are in direct contact with the polymer blend. J-V characteristics measured in the dark showed that NPs placed on top of the ITO film act as enhanced hole conducting sites, as evident by the lower series resistance values in these cells, suggesting this mechanism as more significant in this case. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en
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heal.identifier.primaryDOI 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.05.018-
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heal.journalNameSolar Energy Materials and Solar Cellsen
heal.journalTypepeer reviewed-
heal.languageen-
heal.publicationDate2012-
heal.publisherElsevieren
heal.recordProviderΠανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Θετικών Επιστημών. Τμήμα Μηχανικών Επιστήμης Υλικώνel
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heal.type.enJournal articleen

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