Surface plasmon enhanced infrared absorption in the sensitized polymer solar cell

Sungmo Ahn; Devin Rourke; Alexandre M. Nardes; Jao Van De Lagemaat; Nikos Kopidakis; Wounjhang Park

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925451

Surface plasmon enhanced infrared absorption in the sensitized polymer solar cell

Sungmo Ahn, Devin Rourke, Alexandre M. Nardes, Jao Van De Lagemaat, Nikos Kopidakis, Wounjhang Park

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Abstract

We have theoretically demonstrated an enhanced infrared absorption of the sensitizer in ternary polymer solar cell by introducing silver gratings at the back metal electrode. A combined model which incorporates the complex optical absorption profile and the electrical transport of the generated charge carriers was successfully developed. Using this model, we considered Si-PCPDTBT as an infrared sensitizer for P3HT:ICBA bulk heterojunction solar cells. A silver grating feature was optimized to produce a highly localized optical field inside the active polymer layer and enhance the infrared absorption of the sensitizer. Finally, an overall short-circuit current enhancement of about 40% is obtained theoretically.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	2554-2556
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925451
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Other	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

Keywords

polymer solar cell
sensitizer
surface plasmon resonance
ternary polymer solar cell

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Ahn, S., Rourke, D., Nardes, A. M., Van De Lagemaat, J., Kopidakis, N., & Park, W. (2014). Surface plasmon enhanced infrared absorption in the sensitized polymer solar cell. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 2554-2556). [6925451] Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925451

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Surface plasmon enhanced infrared absorption in the sensitized polymer solar cell. / Ahn, Sungmo; Rourke, Devin; Nardes, Alexandre M.; Van De Lagemaat, Jao; Kopidakis, Nikos; Park, Wounjhang.

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Piscataway, NJ : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. p. 2554-2556 6925451.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution

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