Surface plasma resonance enhanced photocurrent generation in NiO photoanode based solar cells

Zhong Wang, Jin Cui, Junpeng Li, Kun Cao, Shuai Yuan, Yibing Cheng, Mingkui Wang

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Abstract

Surface plasma resonance (SPR) effect has been demonstrated to improve solar cell performance.This work reports on the SPR effect from Au nanorod@SiO2on p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. Aunanorod@SiO2works as an antenna to transform photons with long wavelength into electric field fol-lowed by an enhanced excitation of dye. The devices using the NiO electrode containing Au nanorod@SiO2shows overall power conversion efficiencies of about 0.2% in combination with I−/I3−electrolyte, and0.29% with T−/T2electrolyte, which are superior to those without adding Au nanorods. Detailed inves-tigation including spectroscopy and transient photovoltage decay measurements reveals that plasmaeffect of Au nanorod@SiO2contribute to charge injection efficiency, and thus on the photocurrent. Theeffect of Au NRs can be further extended to the inverted planar perovskite solar cells, showing obviouslyimprovement in photocurrent.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1 - 8
Number of pages8
JournalMaterials Science and Engineering B: Advanced Functional Solid-state Materials
Volume199
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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