Journal of Research on Many-body Systems

Journal of Research on Many-body Systems

The influence of silver nanopyramids on the optical absorption in the plasmonic organic photovoltaic cells

Document Type : supplement

Authors
Mehdi Heydari
Mohammad Sabaeian 1
Narges Ajamgard 2
1 Academic member of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
2 Graduated from Shahid Chamran University of ahvaz
10.22055/jrmbs.2016.12463
Abstract
In this work, the optical absorption enhancement of the organic (P3HT:PCBM) solar cells in the
presence of silver nanopyramids was investigated with a finite-difference time-domain method. The nanopyramids’ base lengths were changed from 40 to 160 nm. The results show for nanopyramids with a base length of 100 nm, the surface plasmon polariton as well as the effective forward scattering modes are excited effectively, which significantly contribute in enhancement of optical and electrical properties of organic solar cells. Due to the better light concentration in the absorption layer by nanopyramids, which are located under the ITO layer, this design is showed to be more influential in increasing the optical and electrical properties of the cells. The results show that for nanopyramids with a base length of 100 nm, the highest short-circuit current density enhancement are achieved.
Keywords
organic photovoltaic cells
Nanopyramid
FDTD
Plasmonics
Subjects
Journal of Research on Many-body Systems
Volume 6, Special Issue (1)
First national conference of nanophysics and metamaterial from simulation to industry 10/2015
Autumn 2016
Pages 63-70

  • Receive Date 03 December 2015
  • Revise Date 23 April 2016
  • Accept Date 12 December 2016