Plasmon-enhanced polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells with solution-processable Ag nanoparticles

Abstract:

We report the plasmon-enhanced polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells with Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) obtained via chemical method. Here, the AgNPs films with different particle densities are introduced between the poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene) poly (styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT: PSS) buffer layer and the poly (3-hexythiophene):[6,6]-phenyl-c61 butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM) layer. By improving the optical absorption of the active layer owing to the localized surface plasmons, the power ...