[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle-based plasmonic organic photovoltaic devices

E Stratakis, E Kymakis - Materials Today, 2013 - Elsevier
Plasmonic metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have recently been identified as a breakthrough
route for enhancing the efficiency of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. The present review …

Plasmonic‐enhanced organic photovoltaics: Breaking the 10% efficiency barrier

Q Gan, FJ Bartoli, ZH Kafafi - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in molecular organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have shown 10% power
conversion efficiency (PCE) for single‐junction cells, which put them in direct competition …

Solid-state plasmonic solar cells

K Ueno, T Oshikiri, Q Sun, X Shi, H Misawa - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …

Plasmonic forward scattering effect in organic solar cells: a powerful optical engineering method

SW Baek, J Noh, CH Lee, BS Kim, MK Seo, JY Lee - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
In this report, plasmonic effects in organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) are systematically
analyzed using size-controlled silver nanoparticles (AgNPs, diameter: 10~ 100 nm), which …

'Inorganics-in-Organics': recent developments and outlook for 4G polymer solar cells

KDGI Jayawardena, LJ Rozanski, CA Mills, MJ Beliatis… - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in solution processable single junction polymer solar cells have led to
a significant improvement in power conversion efficiencies from∼ 5% to beyond 9%. While …

Uncovering loss mechanisms in silver nanoparticle-blended plasmonic organic solar cells

B Wu, X Wu, C Guan, K Fai Tai, EKL Yeow… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
There has been much controversy over the incorporation of organic-ligand-encapsulated
plasmonic nanoparticles in the active layer of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells, where …

Plasmonic nanostructures for light trap** in organic photovoltaic devices

CH Chou, FC Chen - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, we have witnessed rapid advances in the development of organic
photovoltaic devices (OPVs). At present, the highest level of efficiency has surpassed 10 …

Driving fiber diameters to the limit: nanoparticle-induced diameter reductions in electrospun photoactive composite nanofibers for organic photovoltaics

RM Schofield, BM Maciejewska, S Dong… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2023 - Springer
Electrospun photoactive nanofibers hold significant potential for enhanced photon
absorption and charge transport in organic photovoltaics. However, electrospinning …

Plasmonic nanoparticle enhancement of solution-processed solar cells: practical limits and opportunities

ES Arinze, B Qiu, G Nyirjesy, SM Thon - Acs Photonics, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed solar cells are particularly suited to benefit from absorption
enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticles, due to their transport-limited film thicknesses and …

A review on plasmonic nanostructures for efficiency enhancement of organic solar cells

S Liu, Y Sun, L Chen, Q Zhang, X Li, J Shuai - Materials Today Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
The superior characteristics of organic solar cells (OSCs), such as flexibility,
semitransparency, solution-processibility, and large-scale fabrication, etc. Make them as one …