Nano-bio hybrids of plasmonic metals/photosynthetic proteins for broad-band light absorption enhancement in organic solar cells

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. 13400-13406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Yao ◽  
Huifeng Jiao ◽  
Yun-Xiang Xu ◽  
Qiqi He ◽  
Fan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Plasmons ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Photophysical Properties ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex ◽  
Photosynthetic Proteins ◽  
Light Harvesting Complex Ii

We prepare novel nano-bio hybrids by employing Ag nanoprisms as surface plasmons to couple with light-harvesting complex II (LHCII) for broad-band optical enhancement in organic photovoltaics. The results open the possibility to use metal nanoparticles for tuning the photophysical properties of integral biomolecules in a well-defined way.

scholarly journals Light absorption enhancement in heterostructure organic solar cells through the integration of 1-D plasmonic gratings

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (S4) ◽  
pp. A476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierfrancesco Zilio ◽  
Davide Sammito ◽  
Gabriele Zacco ◽  
Marco Mazzeo ◽  
Giuseppe Gigli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Plasmonic Gratings

Dual-periodic-corrugation-induced broadband light absorption enhancement in organic solar cells

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Gang Bi ◽  
Jing Feng ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
Yu-Shan Liu ◽  
Xu-Lin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Absorption Enhancement

scholarly journals Broadband light absorption enhancement in moth’s eye nanostructured organic solar cells

AIP Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 057164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weixia Lan ◽  
Yanxia Cui ◽  
Qingyi Yang ◽  
Ming-Fai Lo ◽  
Chun-Sing Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Absorption Enhancement

Omnidirectional and Broadband Light Absorption Enhancement in 2-D Photonic-Structured Organic Solar Cells

ACS Photonics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1144-1150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weixia Lan ◽  
Yiwen Wang ◽  
Jai Singh ◽  
Furong Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Absorption Enhancement

Shape and Size Dependent Light Absorption Enhancement of Silver Nanostructures in Organic Solar Cells

2017 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Feng Shan ◽  
Tong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Wavelength Range ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Absorption ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Fem Simulation ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Silver Nanostructures ◽  
Ag Ncs ◽  
Shape And Size

Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) induced light absorption enhancement using for the improvement of power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells (OSCs) is a new research direction in photovoltaics. However, the device performance influence of the shape and size of MNPs has not been well investigated. In this paper, we focused on the comparison study of the optical absorption enhancement between silver nanospheres (Ag-NSs) and silver nanocubes (Ag-NCs) which are embedded in the active layer of OSCs using finite element method (FEM) simulation. Influence of the structural parameters, including the size and shape of nanoparticels, and their relative distance are systematically discussed. The results indicated that the light absorption enhancement employing Ag-NCs is much higher than that of Ag-NSs in the 300–800 nm wavelength range. Meantime, once the distance between the adjacent nanoparticles is well controlled, the optimal absorption enhancement factor of OSCs can be obtained. As the scattering cross-section of Ag-NCs is much higher than that of Ag-NSs over a broad wavelength range, the optimized light enhancement of Ag-NCs reaches 19 % which is 1.26 times higher than that of Ag-NSs.

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