Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 1, 012401(2012)

Silver clusters insert into polymer solar cell for enhancing light absorption

Guolong Li, Hongyu Zhen, Zhuoyin Huang, Kan Li, Weidong Shen, and Xu Liu

As an employment of surface plasmonic effect, the consequence of insertion of a layer of Ag clusters into polymer solar cell on the enhancement of light absorption and power conversion efficiency is investigated. Optical analysis based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) is performed with experiments to evaluate the effect of the interaction between the Ag clusters and incident light on light absorption in polymer solar cell. Ag clusters modify the light wave vector and the electromagnetic field inside the device is redistributed and enhanced. As a result, polymer solar cells achieve an overall increase in absorption, short-circuit current density, and power conversion efficiency.

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Guolong Li, Hongyu Zhen, Zhuoyin Huang, Kan Li, Weidong Shen, Xu Liu. Silver clusters insert into polymer solar cell for enhancing light absorption[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2012, 10(1): 012401

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Category: Optics at Surfaces

Received: Mar. 28, 2011

Accepted: May. 28, 2011

Published Online: Aug. 29, 2011

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DOI:10.3788/col201210.012401

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