Surface-passivated plasmonic nano-pyramids for bulk heterojunction solar cell photocurrent enhancement.
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We report that self-assembled gold (Au) nanopyramid arrays can greatly enhance the photocurrent of narrow bandgap organic solar cells using their plasmonic near-field effect. The plasmonic enhanced power conversion efficiency exhibited up to 200% increase under the AM 1.5 solar illumination.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Nanoscale
دوره 4 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012