Plasmon-enhanced luminescence in MEH-PPV coupled silver nanoantenna arrays and the potential for photovoltaics

Author

Si, Lifang ; Qiu, Teng ; Zhang, Wenjun ; Chu, Paul K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1345

Lastpage

1346

Abstract

A convenient nanotechnique for tailoring light emission properties of poly[2-methoxy-5-(2´-ethyl-hexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene] (MEH-PPV) by coupling to resonance-tuned silver nanoantenna arrays is reported. It is revealed experimentally and theoretically that the enhanced photoluminescence of the MEH-PPV/silver nanoantennae complex might have originated from the energy transfer effect in the surface plasmon resonance coupling between the MEH-PPV and silver nanocaps and from a local electromagnetic field enhancement of nanogaps between silver nanocaps in the background of a light-emitting MEH-PPV. Its potential as an effective means for solar cell photon harvesting is also discussed.

Keywords

antenna arrays; photoluminescence; photovoltaic cells; polymers; silver; solar cells; surface plasmon resonance; MEH-PPV coupling; energy transfer effect; light emission; local electromagnetic field enhancement; nanoantenna arrays; nanogaps; photoluminescence; photovoltaics; plasmon enhanced luminescence; poly[2-methoxy-5-(2´-ethyl-hexyloxy)-p-phenylene vinylene]; solar cell photon harvesting; surface plasmon resonance; Electromagnetic coupling; Energy exchange; Luminescence; Optical arrays; Optical coupling; Photoluminescence; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Resonance; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2010 3rd International

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3543-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INEC.2010.5424860

Filename

5424860