Photonics Research Group Home
Ghent University Research Topics
About People Research Publications Education Services
 IMEC
intern

 

Metallic nanoparticles in organic solar cells

Main Researcher: Honghui Shen

Organic photovoltaics is a promising new route towards cheap and environment-friendly energy production. One of the main issues currently facing these cells is their low efficiency. Our aim is to explore the possibilities offered by the inclusion of metallic nanoparticles. Plasmonic and charge carrier effects associated with these particles can have a profound influence on solar cell operation.

Other people involved:

Related Research Projects

PhD thesises

Publications

    International Journals

  1. Bjoern Niesen, Barry P. Rand, Pol Van Dorpe, David Cheyns, H. Shen, B. Maes, Paul Heremans, Near-Field Interactions between Metal Nanoparticle Surface Plasmons and Molecular Excitons in Thin-Films. Part I: Absorption, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, p.24206-24214 doi:10.1021/jp305892e (2012)  Download this Publication (2.3MB).
  2. H. Shen, B. Maes, Enhanced optical transmission through tapered metallic gratings, Applied Physics Letters, 100(24), p.241104 doi:10.1063/1.4729005 (2012)  Download this Publication (798KB).
  3. A. Abass, K. Quang Le, A. Alu, M. Burgelman, B. Maes, Dual-interface gratings for broadband absorption enhancement in thin-film solar cells, Physical Review B, 85(11), p.115449 doi:10.1103/physrevb.85.115449 (2012)  Download this Publication (1.1MB).
  4. K. Quang Le, A. Abass, B. Maes, P. Bienstman, Andrea Alu, Comparing plasmonic and dielectric gratings for absorption enhancement in thin-film organic solar cells, Optics Express, 20(S1), p.A39-A50 doi:10.1364/oe.20.000a39 (2012)  Download this Publication (1.2MB).
  5. S. Rodriguez, A. Abass, B. Maes, O.T.A. Janssen, G. Vecchi, J. Gomez Rivas, Coupling Bright and Dark Plasmonic Lattice Resonances, Physical Review X, 1(2), p.021019 doi:10.1103/physrevx.1.021019 (2011)  Download this Publication (1.1MB).
  6. H. Shen, B. Maes, Combined plasmonic gratings in organic solar cells, Optics Express, 19(S6), p.A1202–A1210 doi:10.1364/OE.19.0A1202 (2011)  Download this Publication (1.4MB).
  7. A. Abass, H. Shen, P. Bienstman, B. Maes, Angle insensitive enhancement of organic solar cells using metallic gratings, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, p.023111 doi:10.1063/1.3533980 (2011)  Download this Publication (1.6MB).
  8. Bjoern Niesen, Barry P. Rand, Pol Van Dorpe, H. Shen, B. Maes, Jan Genoe, Paul Heremans, Excitation of multiple dipole surface plasmon resonances in spherical silver nanoparticles, Optics Express, 18(18), p.19032-19038 doi:10.1364/OE.18.019032 (2010)  Download this Publication (1.2MB).
      International Conferences

    1. H. Shen, A. Abass, M. Burgelman, B. Maes, Tailored and tapered metallic gratings for enhanced absorption or transmission, ICTON 2012 (International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks) (invited), United Kingdom, p.Mo.B5.4 doi:10.1109/icton.2012.6254401 (2012)  Download this Publication (859KB).
    2. H. Shen, A. Abass, M. Burgelman, B. Maes, Thin-film solar cells with combined metallic enhancements, MINAP (Micro- and nano-photonic materials and devices) 2012, Italy, p.103-104 (2012)  Download this Publication (389KB).
    3. H. Shen, B. Maes, Plasmonic enhancement in organic solar cells with metallic gratings, 16th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photononics Benelux Chapter, (2011)  Download this Publication (359KB).
    4. H. Shen, B. Maes, Combined Plasmonic Gratings in Thin Organic Solar Cells, Photonics Prague 2011, Czech Republic, p.73 (2011)  Download this Publication (8KB).
    5. K. Quang Le, A. Abass, B. Maes, P. Bienstman, Plasmonic Nano-antennas for Absorption Enhancement in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells, NANOMETA 2011, Austria, (2011)  Download this Publication (221KB).
    6. B. Maes, A. Abass, H. Shen, P. Bienstman, Plasmonic absorption enhancement in organic photovoltaics, ICTON (invited), Germany, p.We.A2.5 doi:10.1109/icton.2010.5549053 (2010)  Download this Publication (136KB).
    7. A. Abass, H. Shen, P. Bienstman, B. Maes, Increasing Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency with Triangular Silver Gratings, Optical Nanostructures for Photovoltaics (PV) (invited), Germany, p.PWA5 doi:10.1364/pv.2010.pwa5 (2010)  Download this Publication (159KB).
    8. K. Quang Le, A. Abass, B. Maes, P. Bienstman, Analytical study of enhanced optical absorption of molecules near silver nanoparticles, Optical Nanostructures for Photovoltaics (PV), Germany, p.PWB5 doi:10.1364/pv.2010.pwb5 (2010)  Download this Publication (255KB).
    9. B. Maes, H. Shen, P. Bienstman, Plasmonic nanoparticle enhancement in thin organic solar cells, ICTON Mediterranean Winter - COST MP0702 workshop, France, doi:10.1109/ictonmw.2009.5385626 (2009)  Download this Publication (86KB).
    10. K. Quang Le, P. Bienstman, Modeling the optical properties of metallic nanoparticles, 14th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter, Belgium, Belgium, p.217-220 (2009)  Download this Publication (10KB).

        Back to overview