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The enhancement of 21.2%-power conversion efficiency in polymer photovoltaic cells by using mixed Au nanoparticles with a wide absorption spectrum of 400 nm-1000 nm |
Hao Jing-Yu (郝敬昱)a, Xu Ying (徐颖)a, Zhang Yu-Pei (张玉佩)a, Chen Shu-Fen (陈淑芬)a, Li Xing-Ao (李兴鳌)a, Wang Lian-Hui (汪联辉)a, Huang Wei (黄维)a b |
a Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China; b Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics (KLOFE) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Jiangsu National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China |
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Abstract Au nanoparticles (NPs) mixed with a majority of bone-like, rod, and cube shapes and a minority of irregular spheres, which can generate a wide absorption spectrum of 400 nm-1000 nm and three localized surface plasmon resonance peaks, respectively, at 525, 575, and 775 nm, are introduced into the hole extraction layer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(4-styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) to improve optical-to-electrical conversion performances in polymer photovoltaic cells. With the doping concentration of Au NPs optimized, the cell performance is significantly improved: the short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency of the poly(3-hexylthiophene): [6,6]-phenyl-C60-butyric acid methyl ester cell are increased by 20.54% and 21.2%, reaching 11.15 mA·cm-2 and 4.23%. The variations of optical, electrical, and morphology with the incorporation of Au NPs in the cells are analyzed in detail, and our results demonstrate that the cell performance improvement can be attributed to a synergistic reaction, including: 1) both the localized surface plasmon resonance- and scattering-induced absorption enhancement of the active layer, 2) Au doping-induced hole transport/extraction ability enhancement, and 3) large interface roughness-induced efficient exciton dissociation and hole collection.
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Received: 20 September 2014
Revised: 13 November 2014
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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52.35.Hr
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(Electromagnetic waves (e.g., electron-cyclotron, Whistler, Bernstein, upper hybrid, lower hybrid))
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52.25.Tx
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(Emission, absorption, and scattering of particles)
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68.37.Lp
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(Transmission electron microscopy (TEM))
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68.37.Ps
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(Atomic force microscopy (AFM))
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Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2015CB932202 and 2012CB933301), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61274065, 51173081, 61136003, BZ2010043, 51372119, and 51172110), the Science Fund from the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. IRT1148), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20113223110005), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Institutions (Grant No. YX03001), and the National Synergistic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials and the Synergetic Innovation Center for Organic Electronics and Information Displays, China. |
Corresponding Authors:
Chen Shu-Fen
E-mail: iamsfchen@njupt.edu.cn
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Cite this article:
Hao Jing-Yu (郝敬昱), Xu Ying (徐颖), Zhang Yu-Pei (张玉佩), Chen Shu-Fen (陈淑芬), Li Xing-Ao (李兴鳌), Wang Lian-Hui (汪联辉), Huang Wei (黄维) The enhancement of 21.2%-power conversion efficiency in polymer photovoltaic cells by using mixed Au nanoparticles with a wide absorption spectrum of 400 nm-1000 nm 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 045201
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