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Synergistic Concurrent Enhancement of Charge Generation, Dissociation, and Transport in Organic Solar Cells with Plasmonic Metal–Carbon Nanotube Hybrids
Author(s) -
Lee Ju Min,
Lim Joonwon,
Lee Nayeun,
Park Hyung Il,
Lee Kyung Eun,
Jeon Taewoo,
Nam Soo Ah,
Kim Jehan,
Shin Jonghwa,
Kim Sang Ouk
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201404248
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , plasmon , organic solar cell , nanoparticle , dissociation (chemistry) , nanotechnology , hybrid solar cell , plasmonic nanoparticles , doping , plasmonic solar cell , optoelectronics , energy conversion efficiency , polymer solar cell , organic chemistry , polymer , chemistry , composite material
Plasmonic nanostructures are synthesized by decorating B‐ or N‐doped carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with Au nanoparticles. While the plasmonic nanoparticles promote exciton generation and dissociation, the B‐ and N‐doped CNTs enable charge‐selective transport enhancement in the organic active layer. Such concurrent enhancements of all the principal energy‐harvesting steps improve the device efficiency up to 9.98% for organic single‐junction solar cells.