Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Organic semiconducting polymers are useful in several photonic applications due to their tunable optical and electronic properties and ease of fabrication. However, due to the short exciton diffusion length and low carrier mobility in polymer solar cells (PSCs), their power conversion efficiency (PC...

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Main Author:	Alkhalayfeh, Muheeb Ahmad Mousa
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2022
Subjects:	QC1 Physics (General)
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spelling	my-usm-ep.597792024-01-31T02:07:16Z Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles 2022-04 Alkhalayfeh, Muheeb Ahmad Mousa QC1 Physics (General) Organic semiconducting polymers are useful in several photonic applications due to their tunable optical and electronic properties and ease of fabrication. However, due to the short exciton diffusion length and low carrier mobility in polymer solar cells (PSCs), their power conversion efficiency (PCE) is comparably lower than their inorganic counterparts. Therefore, several strategies have been developed to enhance the PCE of PSCs. One of the strategies is the plasmonic effect, which has shown potential applications in PSCs’. The shape and size of nanoparticles (NPs) are important factors since they directly affect surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) and the incident light’s scattering. Therefore, this study introduces plasmonic effects into PSCs by incorporating Au@Ag durian-shaped NPs to improve their performance. The plasmonic durian-shaped Au@Ag NPs, which can be placed in the hole transport layer (HTL) of the PSC, scatter light into the active layer, thereby increasing the optical path length of the incident light, leading to higher absorption and short circuit current density (Jsc) of the PSCs. The size properties and surface morphology of the Au@Ag NPs were analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The topography of the PSCs’ layers with and without Au@Ag NPs was investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). UV–Vis spectroscopy and current density–voltage (J-V) analysis were used to investigate the electrical performance of the fabricated PSCs. 2022-04 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/59779/ http://eprints.usm.my/59779/1/MUHEEB%20AHMAD%20MOUSA%20ALKHALAYFEH%20-%20TESIS24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Fizik
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description	Organic semiconducting polymers are useful in several photonic applications due to their tunable optical and electronic properties and ease of fabrication. However, due to the short exciton diffusion length and low carrier mobility in polymer solar cells (PSCs), their power conversion efficiency (PCE) is comparably lower than their inorganic counterparts. Therefore, several strategies have been developed to enhance the PCE of PSCs. One of the strategies is the plasmonic effect, which has shown potential applications in PSCs’. The shape and size of nanoparticles (NPs) are important factors since they directly affect surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) and the incident light’s scattering. Therefore, this study introduces plasmonic effects into PSCs by incorporating Au@Ag durian-shaped NPs to improve their performance. The plasmonic durian-shaped Au@Ag NPs, which can be placed in the hole transport layer (HTL) of the PSC, scatter light into the active layer, thereby increasing the optical path length of the incident light, leading to higher absorption and short circuit current density (Jsc) of the PSCs. The size properties and surface morphology of the Au@Ag NPs were analyzed using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The topography of the PSCs’ layers with and without Au@Ag NPs was investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). UV–Vis spectroscopy and current density–voltage (J-V) analysis were used to investigate the electrical performance of the fabricated PSCs.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Alkhalayfeh, Muheeb Ahmad Mousa
author_facet	Alkhalayfeh, Muheeb Ahmad Mousa
author_sort	Alkhalayfeh, Muheeb Ahmad Mousa
title	Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles
title_short	Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles
title_full	Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles
title_fullStr	Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed	Enhanced Polymer Solar Cells Embedded By Gold Encapsulated Silver Plasmonic Nanoparticles
title_sort	enhanced polymer solar cells embedded by gold encapsulated silver plasmonic nanoparticles
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Fizik
publishDate	2022
url	http://eprints.usm.my/59779/1/MUHEEB%20AHMAD%20MOUSA%20ALKHALAYFEH%20-%20TESIS24.pdf
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