Jointly Tuned Plasmonic–Excitonic Photovoltaics Using Nanoshells

Daniel Paz-Soldan; Anna Lee; Susanna M. Thon; Michael M. Adachi; Haopeng Dong; Pouya Maraghechi; Mingjian Yuan; André J. Labelle; Sjoerd Hoogland; Kun Liu; Eugenia Kumacheva; Edward H. Sargent

doi:10.1021/nl304604y

Jointly Tuned Plasmonic–Excitonic Photovoltaics Using Nanoshells

Daniel Paz-Soldan, Anna Lee, Susanna M. Thon, Michael M. Adachi, Haopeng Dong, Pouya Maraghechi, Mingjian Yuan, André J. Labelle, Sjoerd Hoogland, Kun Liu, Eugenia Kumacheva, Edward H. Sargent

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Recent advances in spectrally tuned, solution-processed plasmonic nanoparticles have provided unprecedented control over light's propagation and absorption via engineering at the nanoscale. Simultaneous parallel progress in colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics offers the potential for low-cost, large-area solar power; however, these devices suffer from poor quantum efficiency in the more weakly absorbed infrared portion of the sun's spectrum. Here, we report a plasmonic-excitonic solar cell that combines two classes of solution-processed infrared materials that we tune jointly. We show through experiment and theory that a plasmonic-excitonic design using gold nanoshells with optimized single particle scattering-to-absorption cross-section ratios leads to a strong enhancement in near-field absorption and a resultant 35% enhancement in photocurrent in the performance-limiting near-infrared spectral region. © 2013 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1502-1508
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl304604y
State	Published - Mar 6 2013
Externally published	Yes

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KUS-11-009-21
Acknowledgements: This publication is based in part on work supported by an award (KUS-11-009-21) from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), by the Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence Program and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. The authors thank I. Kramer, E. Palmiano, R. Wolowiec and D. Kopilovic for their help during the course of the study. H.D. would like to acknowledge financial support from China Scholarship Council (CSC).
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.

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