- Title
- Plasmonic enhancement of aqueous processed organic photovoltaics
- Creator
- Chowdhury, R.; Tegg, L.; Keast, V. J.; Holmes, N. P.; Cooling, N. A.; Vaughan, B.; Nicolaidis, N. C.; Belcher, W. J.; Dastoor, P. C.; Zhou, X.
- Relation
- RSC Advances , Issue 31, p. 19000-19011
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra02328d
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Sodium tungsten bronze (NaxWO3) is a promising alternative plasmonic material to nanoparticulate gold due to its strong plasmonic resonances in both the visible and near-infrared (NIR) regions. Additional benefits include its simple production either as a bulk or a nanoparticle material at a relatively low cost. In this work, plasmonic NaxWO3 nanoparticles were introduced and mixed into the nanoparticulate zinc oxide electron transport layer of a water processed poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT:PC61BM) nanoparticle (NP) based organic photovoltaic device (NP-OPV). The power conversion efficiency of NP-OPV devices with NaxWO3NPs added was found to improve by around 35% compared to the control devices, attributed to improved light absorption, resulting in an enhanced short circuit current and fill factor.
- Subject
- aqueous; organic photovoltaics; bronze; SDG 7; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1450432
- Identifier
- uon:43928
- Identifier
- ISSN:2046-2069
- Rights
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
- Language
- eng
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