TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of space arrangement of silver nanoparticles in organic photoelectric conversion devices
AU - You, Jing
AU - Takahashi, Yukina
AU - Leonard, Kwati
AU - Yonemura, Hiroaki
AU - Yamada, Sunao
N1 - Funding Information:
The FDTD solution was provided by the Zongwei Xu groups, Tianjin University. The authors gratefully acknowledge financial supports from Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (for J. Y.), for Young Scientists (B) (No. 25870510 for Y. T.), and for Young Scientists (A) ( 16H06120 for Y. T.), Izumi Science and Technology Foundation (for Y. T.), and the research grant of the Asahi Glass Foundation (for Y. T.).
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - We theoretically and experimentally revealed that silver nanoparticles (AgPs) in organic photoelectric conversion (OPC) devices played definitely different roles depending on the space arrangement of AgPs across the cross-section of the devices. When AgPs are placed in the photoactive layer, near-field effects based on localized surface plasmon resonance of AgPs enhance short-circuit photocurrent resulting to an improvement in the conversion efficiency. On the other hand, when AgPs are placed in the electron transport layer, the conversion efficiency of OPC devices are improved due to an increment of fill factor as well as the open-circuit voltage, caused by the reduction in the cell resistance rather than the plasmonic absorption effect from the AgPs.
AB - We theoretically and experimentally revealed that silver nanoparticles (AgPs) in organic photoelectric conversion (OPC) devices played definitely different roles depending on the space arrangement of AgPs across the cross-section of the devices. When AgPs are placed in the photoactive layer, near-field effects based on localized surface plasmon resonance of AgPs enhance short-circuit photocurrent resulting to an improvement in the conversion efficiency. On the other hand, when AgPs are placed in the electron transport layer, the conversion efficiency of OPC devices are improved due to an increment of fill factor as well as the open-circuit voltage, caused by the reduction in the cell resistance rather than the plasmonic absorption effect from the AgPs.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.09.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991381999
SN - 1010-6030
VL - 332
SP - 586
EP - 594
JO - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
JF - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry
ER -