Plasmonic structures integrated in organic solar cells

S. Vedraine; Ph. Torchio; H. Derbal-Habak; F. Flory; V. Brissonneau; D. Duché; J. J. Simon; L. Escoubas

doi:10.1117/12.859898

24 August 2010 Plasmonic structures integrated in organic solar cells

S. Vedraine, Ph. Torchio, H. Derbal-Habak, F. Flory, V. Brissonneau, D. Duché, J. J. Simon, L. Escoubas

Proceedings Volume 7772, Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion; 777219 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859898
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Experimental and numerical results concerning the influence of silver nanoparticles on the optical absorption of organic devices are presented. The metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are placed inside an interpenetrated poly(3-hexylthiophene): [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) layer using a physical vapor deposition technique. An absorption enhancement by comparison to devices without NPs is shown. An increase of the absorption by annealing is also observed. Moreover, calculations are performed via a numerical analysis based on a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. We demonstrate that the light absorption can mainly occur inside the active layer instead of inside the metallic NPs.

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S. Vedraine, Ph. Torchio, H. Derbal-Habak, F. Flory, V. Brissonneau, D. Duché, J. J. Simon, and L. Escoubas "Plasmonic structures integrated in organic solar cells", Proc. SPIE 7772, Next Generation (Nano) Photonic and Cell Technologies for Solar Energy Conversion, 777219 (24 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859898

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