Surface-Plasmon Enhanced Transparent Electrodes in Organic Photovoltaics

Thomas Reilly III; Jao van de Lagemaat; Robert Tenent; Anthony Morfa; Kathy Rowlen

doi:10.1063/1.2938089

Surface-Plasmon Enhanced Transparent Electrodes in Organic Photovoltaics

Thomas Reilly III, Jao van de Lagemaat, Robert Tenent, Anthony Morfa, Kathy Rowlen

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Abstract

Random silver nanohole films were created through colloidal lithography techniques and metal vapor deposition. The transparent electrodes were characterized by uv-visible spectroscopy and incorporated into an organic solar cell. The test cells were evaluated for solar power-conversion efficiency and incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency. The incident photon-to-current conversion efficiency spectra displayed evidence that a nanohole film with 92 nm diameter holes induces surface-plasmon-enhanced photoconversion. The nanohole silver films demonstrate a promising route to removing the indium tin oxide transparent electrode that is ubiquitous in organic optoelectronics.

Original language	American English
Article number	Article No. 243304
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2938089 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2938089
State	Published - 2008

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NREL/JA-270-43405

Keywords

colloidal lithography
converters
electrodes
nanomaterials
photovoltaics
plasmons
polymers
solar cells
UV-visible spectroscopy
vapor deposition

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