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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 116, Issue 12, Pages 7200-7206Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp211237c
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- UGC of the University of Hong Kong [10400897, 10401466]
- HKU from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China [712108, 712010]
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We have investigated the effects of a directly patterned active layer together with silver nanograting arrays as the anode of inverted polymer solar cells (PSCs). The patterned nanostructure not only greatly enhances the light absorption of the active layer through both light diffraction and coupling to surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes but also obviously promotes the fill factor of the patterned device. The absorption spectrum shows improvement over a broad wavelength range, especially around the 400 nm region and the near-infrared region surrounding 700 nm, which can also be reconfirmed from Incident Photon to Electron Conversion Efficiency (IPCE) and zeroth-order reflection spectra. Most importantly, our physical study shows that the absorption peak of 400 nm is due to the resonant waveguide mode, and the absorption peak of 700 nm is attributed to the excited SPP mode induced by the metallic back grating. Besides, another splitting SPP mode, called plasmonic band edge, around 800 nm is clarified from our detailed model. Consequently, on one hand, our work offers the fundamental physical understanding of plasmonic band edge resonances in periodic grating nanostructures for enhancing the optical absorption of thin-film photovoltaics. On the other hand, the study contributes to improving the power conversion efficiency of inverted PSCs by about 19% through incorporating grating structures that can be a potential candidate for improving the performances of other PSCs.
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