Recent advances in organic photovoltaics: device structure and optical engineering optimization on the nanoscale

G Luo, X Ren, S Zhang, H Wu, WCH Choy, Z He, Y Cao - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, which can directly convert absorbed sunlight to
electricity, are stacked thin films of tens to hundreds of nanometers. They have emerged as a …

Inorganic nanoparticles to overcome efficiency inhibitors of organic photovoltaics: An in-depth review

MSA Kamel, A Al-Jumaili, M Oelgemöller… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have received considerable attention over the past two
decades as a promising alternative to their inorganic counterparts. Although the power …

Synergistic concurrent enhancement of charge generation, dissociation, and transport in organic solar cells with plasmonic metal-carbon nanotube hybrids.

JM Lee, J Lim, N Lee, HI Park, KE Lee… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2014 - europepmc.org
Plasmonic nanostructures are synthesized by decorating B-or N-doped carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) with Au nanoparticles. While the plasmonic nanoparticles promote exciton …

Light manipulation in organic photovoltaics

QD Ou, YQ Li, JX Tang - Advanced Science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) hold great promise for next‐generation photovoltaics in
renewable energy because of the potential to realize low‐cost mass production via large …

High Efficiency Organic Solar Cells Achieved by the Simultaneous Plasmon‐Optical and Plasmon‐Electrical Effects from Plasmonic Asymmetric Modes of Gold …

X Ren, J Cheng, S Zhang, X Li, T Rao, L Huo, J Hou… - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The plasmon‐optical effects have been utilized to optically enhance active layer absorption
in organic solar cells (OSCs). The exploited plasmonic resonances of metal nanomaterials …

Plasmonics in Organic Solar Cells: Toward Versatile Applications

Y Zhao, K Zheng, J Ning, T Xu… - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Remarkable progress has been made in organic solar cells (OSCs), which are considered
as one of the most promising next-generation photovoltaic technologies. Nevertheless, the …

Recent progress of light manipulation strategies in organic and perovskite solar cells

JD Chen, TY Jin, YQ Li, JX Tang - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic and perovskite solar cells are suffering from the insufficient utilization of incident
light and thus low light harvesting efficiency despite their rapid progress in the past decade …

Metal oxides and noble metals application in organic solar cells

PJ Maake, AS Bolokang, CJ Arendse, V Vohra… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The integration of noble metals nanostructures can be an effective method to improve the
performance of organic solar cells by scattering the incident light that reaches the active …

Interfacial engineering for highly efficient organic solar cells

B Walker, H Choi, JY Kim - Current Applied Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Interfacial engineering using metal oxides, organic surface modifiers and other materials
can effectively enhance the performance of conventional and inverted organic solar cells by …

Homogenous metamaterial description of localized spoof plasmons in spiral geometries

Z Liao, AI Fernández-Domínguez, J Zhang… - Acs …, 2016 - ACS Publications
It has been recently shown that ultrathin spiral metamaterials can support localized spoof
plasmon modes whose resonant wavelength is much larger than the size of the structure …