Electrical and Optical Performance Evaluation of Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Based Organic Photovoltaic Cells

IF 1.204 Q3 Energy

Applied Solar Energy Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI:10.3103/S0003701X23600236

Soundarzo Tasnim, Md Jahirul Islam, Md Rejvi Kaysir, Javid Atai

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Abstract

Nanoparticle (NP)-based Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) cells have the potential to increase power conversion efficiency (PCE) due to the capacity to excite localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) induced by conductive electron oscillation. Widespread deployment of this technology requires further investigation to find out the most dominant parameters (both optical and electrical) responsible for improving the PCE of NP-based OPV cells. In this work, we primarily investigated the performance of plasmonic NPs (e.g., Ag and Au) based OPV cells using the General-Purpose Photovoltaic Device Model (GPVDM) and Semiconducting Thin Film Optics Simulation (SETFOS) environments and compare them to a reference cell without any NPs. It was discovered that by using the NPs as a distinctive active layer along with P3HT: PCBM, both carrier generation rate, and electric field were significantly enhanced in single-junction OPV cells. Thus, the PCE was increased by 19.5, and 7.35% for Au and Ag NPs-based OPV systems, respectively. This significant increase in PCE can be explained by increased short-circuit current density as a result of enhancing active layer absorption by LSPRs. This analysis will be helpful for basic understating of NP-based OPV cells and optimizing design parameters for realizing highly efficient OPV cells.

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基于等离子纳米粒子的有机光伏电池的电气和光学性能评估

摘要基于纳米粒子（NP）的有机光伏（OPV）电池具有提高功率转换效率（PCE）的潜力，这是因为它能够激发由导电电子振荡引起的局部表面等离子体共振（LSPR）。这项技术的广泛应用需要进一步研究，找出提高基于 NP 的 OPV 电池 PCE 的最主要参数（光学和电学参数）。在这项工作中，我们主要利用通用光伏器件模型（GPVDM）和半导体薄膜光学模拟（SETFOS）环境研究了基于质子 NPs（如银和金）的 OPV 电池的性能，并将其与不含任何 NPs 的参考电池进行了比较。结果发现，将 NPs 作为独特的活性层与 P3HT: PCBM 一起使用时，单结 OPV 电池中的载流子生成率和电场都得到了显著提高。因此，以金和银纳米粒子为基础的 OPV 系统的 PCE 分别提高了 19.5% 和 7.35%。由于 LSPRs 增强了活性层的吸收能力，短路电流密度增加，这可以解释 PCE 的大幅增加。这一分析将有助于对基于 NP 的 OPV 电池进行基本了解，并优化设计参数，从而实现高效 OPV 电池。

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Applied Solar Energy Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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期刊介绍： Applied Solar Energy is an international peer reviewed journal covers various topics of research and development studies on solar energy conversion and use: photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, water heaters, passive solar heating systems, drying of agricultural production, water desalination, solar radiation condensers, operation of Big Solar Oven, combined use of solar energy and traditional energy sources, new semiconductors for solar cells and thermophotovoltaic system photocells, engines for autonomous solar stations.