title: Light concentration and redistribution in polymer solar cells by plasmonic nanoparticles.
abstract: We propose an optoelectronic model to investigate polymer solar cells with plasmonic nanoparticles. The optical properties of the plasmonic active layers, approximated by the effective medium theory, are combined with the organic semiconductor model. The simulation suggests the enhancement on short-circuit photocurrent is due to light concentration and redistribution by particle plasmons.
authors.affiliation: School of Physical Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China. nanoantenna@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jinfeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: Faxian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiu
authors.forename: Baoqing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Kang L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D008027:Light; D008956:Models, Chemical; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012993:Solar Energy; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*