Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells
Abstract Plasmonic metal electrodes with subwavelength nanostructures are promising for enhancing light harvesting in photovoltaics. However, the nonradiative damping of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) during coupling with sunlight results in the conversion of the excited hot‐electrons to heat, wh...
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| author | Jing‐De Chen Ling Li Chao‐Chao Qin Hao Ren Yan‐Qing Li Qing‐Dong Ou Jia‐Jia Guo Shi‐Jie Zou Feng‐Ming Xie Xianjie Liu Jian‐Xin Tang |
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| description | Abstract Plasmonic metal electrodes with subwavelength nanostructures are promising for enhancing light harvesting in photovoltaics. However, the nonradiative damping of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) during coupling with sunlight results in the conversion of the excited hot‐electrons to heat, which limits the absorption of light and generation of photocurrent. Herein, an energy recycling strategy driven by hot‐electron emission for recycling the SPP energy trapped in the plasmonic electrodes is proposed. A transparent silver‐based plasmonic metal electrode (A‐PME) with a periodic hexagonal nanopore array is constructed, which is combined with a luminescent organic emitter for radiative recombination of the injected hot‐electrons. Owing to the suppressed SPP energy loss via broadband hot‐electron emission, the A‐PME achieves an optimized optical transmission with an average transmittance of over 80% from 380 to 1200 nm. Moreover, the indium‐tin‐oxide‐free organic solar cells yield an enhanced light harvesting with a power conversion efficiency of 16.1%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa299fdcc027456fa818b375dbb0c2d32022-12-21T21:09:59ZengWileyInfoMat2567-31652022-03-0143n/an/a10.1002/inf2.12285Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cellsJing‐De Chen0Ling Li1Chao‐Chao Qin2Hao Ren3Yan‐Qing Li4Qing‐Dong Ou5Jia‐Jia Guo6Shi‐Jie Zou7Feng‐Ming Xie8Xianjie Liu9Jian‐Xin Tang10Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaCollege of Physics and Materials Science Henan Normal University Xinxiang Henan ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaSchool of Physics and Electronic Science, Ministry of Education Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument Engineering Research Center East China Normal University Shanghai ChinaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria AustraliaCollege of Physics and Materials Science Henan Normal University Xinxiang Henan ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaLaboratory of Organic Electronics, Department of Science and Technology (ITN) Linköping University Norrköping SwedenJiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon‐Based Functional Materials & Devices Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu ChinaAbstract Plasmonic metal electrodes with subwavelength nanostructures are promising for enhancing light harvesting in photovoltaics. However, the nonradiative damping of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) during coupling with sunlight results in the conversion of the excited hot‐electrons to heat, which limits the absorption of light and generation of photocurrent. Herein, an energy recycling strategy driven by hot‐electron emission for recycling the SPP energy trapped in the plasmonic electrodes is proposed. A transparent silver‐based plasmonic metal electrode (A‐PME) with a periodic hexagonal nanopore array is constructed, which is combined with a luminescent organic emitter for radiative recombination of the injected hot‐electrons. Owing to the suppressed SPP energy loss via broadband hot‐electron emission, the A‐PME achieves an optimized optical transmission with an average transmittance of over 80% from 380 to 1200 nm. Moreover, the indium‐tin‐oxide‐free organic solar cells yield an enhanced light harvesting with a power conversion efficiency of 16.1%.https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12285energy recyclinghot‐electron emissionorganic solar cellsplasmonic electrodesurface plasmon polariton |
| spellingShingle | Jing‐De Chen Ling Li Chao‐Chao Qin Hao Ren Yan‐Qing Li Qing‐Dong Ou Jia‐Jia Guo Shi‐Jie Zou Feng‐Ming Xie Xianjie Liu Jian‐Xin Tang Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells InfoMat energy recycling hot‐electron emission organic solar cells plasmonic electrode surface plasmon polariton |
| title | Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| title_full | Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| title_fullStr | Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| title_short | Hot‐electron emission‐driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| title_sort | hot electron emission driven energy recycling in transparent plasmonic electrode for organic solar cells |
| topic | energy recycling hot‐electron emission organic solar cells plasmonic electrode surface plasmon polariton |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12285 |
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