Issue 6, 2012
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Nanoscale

Light concentration and redistribution in polymer solar cells by plasmonic nanoparticles

Jinfeng Zhu,*ab   Mei Xue,b   Ryan Hoekstra,b   Faxian Xiu,c   Baoqing Zenga  and  Kang L. Wangb  

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a School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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b Department of Electrical Engineering, Device Research Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

Abstract

We propose an optoelectronic model to investigate polymer solar cells with plasmonic nanoparticles. The optical properties of the plasmonic active layers, approximated by the effective medium theory, are combined with the organic semiconductor model. The simulation suggests the enhancement on short-circuit photocurrent is due to light concentration and redistribution by particle plasmons.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2NR11920J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Dec 2011
Accepted
03 Feb 2012
First published
03 Feb 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 1978-1981

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Light concentration and redistribution in polymer solar cells by plasmonic nanoparticles

J. Zhu, M. Xue, R. Hoekstra, F. Xiu, B. Zeng and K. L. Wang, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 1978 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11920J

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