Issue 40, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Synergetic plasmonic effect of Al and Au nanoparticles for efficiency enhancement of air processed organic photovoltaic devices†

George Kakavelakis,ab   Emmanuel Stratakisbc  and  Emmanuel Kymakis*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Center of Materials Technology and Photonics & Electrical Engineering Department, School of Engineering, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
E-mail: kymakis@staff.teicrete.gr
Tel: +30-2810379895

b Dept. of Materials Science and Technology, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece

c Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece

Abstract

Enhancement in the efficiency of air processed bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices is demonstrated via the addition of highly stable uncapped gold (Au) and aluminum (Al) nanoparticles (NPs) into the photoactive layer. An enhancement in conversion efficiency by 15% is observed, which can be attributed to Localised Surface Plasmon Resonance effects at the small diameter Au NPs and to efficient scattering by the large diameter Al NPs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC49004A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Nov. 2013
Accepted
22 Dec. 2013
First published
24 Dec. 2013

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 5285-5287

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G. Kakavelakis, E. Stratakis and E. Kymakis, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5285 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49004A

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