A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60
This work studied the role of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different spherical sizes mixed with poly (3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) as a hole transfer layer to enhance the efficiency (ITO/PEDOT:PSS (AuNPs)/CuPc/C60/Al) organic photovoltaic cell (OPV). AuNPs wer...
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| author | D.A. Said A.M. Ali M.M. Khayyat M. Boustimi M. Loulou R. Seoudi |
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| description | This work studied the role of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different spherical sizes mixed with poly (3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) as a hole transfer layer to enhance the efficiency (ITO/PEDOT:PSS (AuNPs)/CuPc/C60/Al) organic photovoltaic cell (OPV). AuNPs were synthesized using the thermochemical method and the results of the transmission electron microscope (TEM) images showed that the gold nanoparticles mostly dominated by spherical shapes and sizes were calculated in the range (12–23 nm). Measurements of UV-VIS spectra for AuNPs have shown that the surface plasmon resonance shifted to a higher wavelength with decreasing the particle size. Surface morphology and absorption spectra of OPV cells were studied using atomic force microscope and UV-VIS spectrometer techniques. The efficiency of the OPV cell was calculated without and with AuNPs. Efficiency was increased from 0.78% to 1.02% due to the embedded of AuNPs with (12 nm) in PEDOT/PSS. The increase in the light absorption in CuPc is due to the good transparent conducting of PEDOT:PSS and the increase in the electric field around AuNPs embedded in PEDOT:PSS and inbuilt electric field at the interfacial between CuPc and C60 is due to the surface plasmon resonance of AuNPs. The increase in these two factors increase the exciton generation in CuPc, dissociation at the interfacial layer, and charge carrier transfer which increases the collection of electrons and holes at cathode and anode. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9670da55cde9474a864044243de76ef02022-12-21T19:06:37ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402019-11-01511e02675A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60D.A. Said0A.M. Ali1M.M. Khayyat2M. Boustimi3M. Loulou4R. Seoudi5Physics Department, Faculty of Women for Art, Sciences and Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Physics, College of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, EgyptKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh 11442, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Physics, College of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Physics, College of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Physics, College of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; Spectroscopy Department, Physics Division, NRC, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt; Corresponding author.This work studied the role of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with different spherical sizes mixed with poly (3, 4-ethylene dioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT: PSS) as a hole transfer layer to enhance the efficiency (ITO/PEDOT:PSS (AuNPs)/CuPc/C60/Al) organic photovoltaic cell (OPV). AuNPs were synthesized using the thermochemical method and the results of the transmission electron microscope (TEM) images showed that the gold nanoparticles mostly dominated by spherical shapes and sizes were calculated in the range (12–23 nm). Measurements of UV-VIS spectra for AuNPs have shown that the surface plasmon resonance shifted to a higher wavelength with decreasing the particle size. Surface morphology and absorption spectra of OPV cells were studied using atomic force microscope and UV-VIS spectrometer techniques. The efficiency of the OPV cell was calculated without and with AuNPs. Efficiency was increased from 0.78% to 1.02% due to the embedded of AuNPs with (12 nm) in PEDOT/PSS. The increase in the light absorption in CuPc is due to the good transparent conducting of PEDOT:PSS and the increase in the electric field around AuNPs embedded in PEDOT:PSS and inbuilt electric field at the interfacial between CuPc and C60 is due to the surface plasmon resonance of AuNPs. The increase in these two factors increase the exciton generation in CuPc, dissociation at the interfacial layer, and charge carrier transfer which increases the collection of electrons and holes at cathode and anode.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019363352Materials scienceMaterials chemistryCopper phthalocyanineGold nanoparticlesFullereneSolar cell |
| spellingShingle | D.A. Said A.M. Ali M.M. Khayyat M. Boustimi M. Loulou R. Seoudi A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 Heliyon Materials science Materials chemistry Copper phthalocyanine Gold nanoparticles Fullerene Solar cell |
| title | A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 |
| title_full | A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 |
| title_fullStr | A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 |
| title_full_unstemmed | A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 |
| title_short | A study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped PEDOT: PSS on the performance of organic solar cells based on CuPc/C60 |
| title_sort | study of the influence of plasmonic resonance of gold nanoparticle doped pedot pss on the performance of organic solar cells based on cupc c60 |
| topic | Materials science Materials chemistry Copper phthalocyanine Gold nanoparticles Fullerene Solar cell |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019363352 |
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