Impact of Specifically Shaped Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles and a Double Cathode Interfacial Layer on the Performance of Conducting Polymer-Based Photovoltaics
Impact of Specifically Shaped Plasmonic Gold Nanoparticles and a Double Cathode Interfacial Layer on the Performance of Conducting Polymer-Based Photovoltaics
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DOI:
10.1021/acsanm.8b01269
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发表时间:
2018-09
影响因子:
5.9
通讯作者:
Ashish Singh;A. Dey;P. Iyer
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作者:
Ashish Singh;A. Dey;P. Iyer
Specifically shaped plasmonic gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and their combined effect with the double cathode interfacial layer for increasing the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of poly(3-hexylthiophene):(6,6)-phenyl-C61/71-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC61/71BM)-based polymer solar cells (PSCs) are methodically established. Two diverse donor–acceptor blend polymers, P3HT:PC61BM and P3HT:PC71BM, were used here along with BPhen and BCP as the buffer layers of the conventional LiF:Al cathode contact. Initially, four specifically shaped AuNPs, viz., CTAB capped gold nanorods (AuNRs), gold nanospheres (AuNSs), gold nano-ovals (AuNOs), and gold nanobranches (AuNBs) were separately synthesized and blended along with a poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) hole transporting layer to obtain four novel nanoparticle-doped hole injecting layers, and their effect on P3HT:PCBM-based polymer photovoltaic device performance was methodically analyzed. The synthesized nanoparticles were ch...