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Effect of Plasmonic Enhancement of Light Absorption on the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cell

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Recent Trends in Materials and Devices

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We demonstrate the effect of insertion of Au nano clusters nano clusters (NCs) with various thickness on the power conversion efficiency (PCE) in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells polymer solar cell based on blended poly(3-hexylthiophene):[6, 6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PCBM) (Li et al., Nat Photo 6:205, [1]). The Au NCs were vacuum deposited on pre cleaned indium-tin-oxide (ITO) substrates prior to deposition of poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene:poly (styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) buffer layer. It has been found that both short-circuit current density and PCE increase after incorporating Au NCs between ITO/PEDOT:PSS interface. The PCE enhancement is attributed to the localized surface plasmonic excitation of Au NPs (Tada et al., Nat Mat 10:450, [2]). The method employed has great potential in future practical applications.

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  1. Soft Materials Research Laboratory, Centre of Material Sciences, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

    Manisha Bajpai & Ravindra Dhar

  2. National Physical Laboratory (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Physics for Energy Division, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Ritu Srivastava

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  1. Amity Institute for Advanced Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vinod Kumar Jain

  2. Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sunita Rattan

  3. Amity Institute for Advanced Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Bajpai, M., Srivastava, R., Dhar, R. (2017). Effect of Plasmonic Enhancement of Light Absorption on the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cell. In: Jain, V., Rattan, S., Verma, A. (eds) Recent Trends in Materials and Devices. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 178. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29096-6_42

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