Plasmonic organic solar cells : charge generation and recombination

This book explores the incorporation of plasmonic nanostructures into organic solar cells, which offers an attractive light trapping and absorption approach to enhance power conversion efficiencies. The authors review the latest advances in the field and discuss the characterization of these hybrid...

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Main Authors Wu, Bo (Author), Mathews, Nripan (Author), Sum, T. C. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer, [2016]
SeriesSpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology,
Subjects
Solar cells.
Plasmons (Physics)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811020216
9789811020193
ISSN2191-530X
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 106 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • About the Authors; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Organic Photovoltaics: Background; 1.2 Materials: Conjugated Polymers; 1.3 Operation Principles and Physical Insights in Organic Solar Cells (OSCs); 1.4 Organic Solar Cell Architectures; 1.5 State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Opportunities in OSCs; 1.6 Surface Plasmons for Improving Light Harvesting Efficiency; 1.7 Other Contributions to Organic Photovoltaic Performance Improvement; 1.8 State-of-the-Art and Challenges in Plasmonic Organic Solar Cells; References; 2 Surface Plasmon Resonance; 2.1 Introduction.
  • 2.2 Surface Plasmon Polariton2.3 Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance; 2.4 Summary; References; 3 Characterization Plasmonic Organic Photovoltaic Devices; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Optical Spectroscopy; 3.2.1 Steady-State and Transient Absorption Spectroscopies; 3.2.2 Time-Integrated Photoluminescence and Time-Resolved Photoluminescence; 3.2.3 Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy; 3.3 Electrical Characterization; 3.3.1 Current Voltage (I-V) Measurement; 3.3.2 Internal Photon to Current Efficiency (IPCE) Measurement; 3.4 Numerical Simulation; 3.4.1 Optical Simulation; 3.4.2 Electrical Simulation.
  • 3.5 SummaryReferences; 4 Plasmonic Entities within the Charge Transporting Layer; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Case Study (1): Silver Nano-Triangle Arrays in PEDOT:PSS; 4.3 Case Study (2): Gold Nanowire Network in PEDOT:PSS; 4.4 Case Study (3): Single Silver Nanowire in PEDOT:PSS; 4.5 Summary and€Conclusions; References; 5 Plasmonic Entities within the Active Layer; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Experimental Details; 5.3 Results and Discussion; 5.4 Summary and Conclusions; References; 6 Concluding Remarks; 6.1 Implications for the€Design of Hybrid Plasmonic OPV€Devices; 6.2 Summary and Outlook; References.

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