Plasmonic solar cells: from rational design to mechanism overview

YH Jang, YJ Jang, S Kim, LN Quan, K Chung… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Light trapping in mesoporous solar cells with plasmonic nanostructures

WR Erwin, HF Zarick, EM Talbert… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Plasmon resonances in metal nanostructures have been extensively harnessed for light
trapping in mesoporous solar cells (MSCs), including dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) …

Platinum‐free binary Co‐Ni alloy counter electrodes for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cells

X Chen, Q Tang, B He, L Lin, L Yu - Angewandte Chemie, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Dye‐sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted growing interest because of their
application in renewable energy technologies in developing modern low‐carbon …

Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in organic photovoltaic devices

CH Chou, FC Chen - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, we have witnessed rapid advances in the development of organic
photovoltaic devices (OPVs). At present, the highest level of efficiency has surpassed 10 …

Au nanoparticles on ultrathin MoS 2 sheets for plasmonic organic solar cells

X Yang, W Liu, M Xiong, Y Zhang, T Liang… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel hole transport layer (HTL) composed of ultrathin two-dimensional, molybdenum
disulfide (MoS2) sheets decorated with 20 nm gold nanoparticles (NPs)(MoS2@ Au) was …

Plasmonic-enhanced perovskite solar cells using alloy popcorn nanoparticles

Z Lu, X Pan, Y Ma, Y Li, L Zheng, D Zhang, Q Xu… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This article demonstrates a significant broadband enhancement of light absorption and
improvement of photon-generated-charge transfer in CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cells by …

Nanolasers enabled by metallic nanoparticles: from spasers to random lasers

Z Wang, X Meng, AV Kildishev… - Laser & Photonics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to exotic optical responses, metallic nanoparticles and nanostructures are finding
broad applications in laser science, leading to numerous design variations of plasmonic …

Microwave‐assisted hydrothermal synthesis of Cu‐doped TiO2 nanoparticles for efficient dye‐sensitized solar cell with improved open‐circuit voltage

K Sahu, M Dhonde, VVS Murty - International Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An important reason for the underlying power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the dye
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is the low open‐circuit voltage (Voc). Considerable efforts …

Plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells incorporated with Au–TiO 2 nanostructures with tailored configurations

YH Jang, YJ Jang, ST Kochuveedu, M Byun, Z Lin… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
We developed plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with tailor-designed Au–TiO2
nanostructures integrated into the photoanode. Mutually antagonistic Au–TiO2 core–shell …

Recent advancements in plasmon-enhanced promising third-generation solar cells

D Thrithamarassery Gangadharan, Z Xu, Y Liu… - …, 2017 - degruyter.com
The unique optical properties possessed by plasmonic noble metal nanostructures in
consequence of localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) are useful in diverse …