https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2020200112
Regular Article
Ag nanoparticle-based efficiency enhancement in an inverted organic solar cell★
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Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Genie Electrics (LATAGE), Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mouloud Mammeri University (UMMTO), BP 17 RP 15000, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
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Department of Chemistry, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur 10250 (AJK), Pakistan
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Received:
21
April
2020
Received in final form:
22
April
2020
Accepted:
3
June
2020
Published online: 7 July 2020
Abstract
Herein, we demonstrate the improvement in performance of inverted organic solar cells fabricated with an Ag-nanoparticle (Np) modified ZnO-electron transport layer. Ag NP incorporation into the ZnO layer increases light harvesting efficiency of the solar device which untimely improves Jsc of the device. As a result, power conversion efficiency (PCE) of ZnO + Ag Np buffer layer based (ITO/ZnO:Ag NP/P3HT: PCBM/MoO3/Ag) device reaches 3.02% which is 27% higher than ITO/ZnO/P3HT: PCBM/MoO3/Ag device and 55.6% higher than the electron transfer layer(ETL) free (ITO/P3HT: PCBM/MoO3/Ag) control device.
Contribution to the Topical Issue “Advanced Materials for Energy Harvesting, Storage, Sensing and Environmental Engineering (ICOME 2019)”, edited by Mohammed El Ganaoui, Mohamed El Jouad, Rachid Bennacer and Jean-Michel Nunzi.
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