Open AccessModeling of optical characteristics of organic solar cells based on poly (3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate with incorporated silver nanoparticles
Author(s) -
А. А. Білюк,
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O. Yu. Semchuk,
O. O. Havryliuk,
А. І. Білюк,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
poverhnostʹ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-5983
pISSN - 2617-5975
DOI - 10.15407/surface.2021.13.057
Subject(s) - pedot:pss , polystyrene sulfonate , materials science , polystyrene , nanoparticle , photocurrent , silver nanoparticle , surface plasmon resonance , organic solar cell , chemical engineering , absorption (acoustics) , absorption spectroscopy , surface plasmon , bilayer , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , polymer , layer (electronics) , plasmon , optics , composite material , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , membrane , engineering
Changing the geometric parameters of the elements of the organic solar cell (OSC) and its components, changes in its optical characteristics such as reflection, absorption and transmission of light were studied. In the simulation, the main elements influencing the change in the characteristics of the OSC were poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS), poly (3-hexylthiophene): [6,6] phenyl-C61butyric acid methyl ester (P3HT: PCBM) on silver nanoparticles. The dimensions of silver nanoparticles coincide with the thickness of the PEDOT layer (50 nm) in which they are located, the particle diameter is 45 nm, the thickness of the P3HT: PCBM layer has always remained equal to 100 nm. The peak at a wavelength of about 726 nm, when there are silver particles in the OSC, indicates the presence of localized surface plasmon resonance (LPPR), which causes a local amplification of the electromagnetic field near the surface of metal nanoparticles. LPPR induced by silver nanoparticles not only increases the degree of light absorption, but also enhances the degree of exciton dissociation. As a result, photocurrent and overall OSC efficiency can be significantly improved due to LPPR.