Title :
Plasmon enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells using nanoparticles of different geometries and materials
Author :
Qi Xu ; Fang Liu ; Yidong Huang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Plasmonic dye sensitized solar cells with three sorts of nanoparticles are investigated. By utilizing nanoparticles of different geometries and metals, optical and electrical improvement is demonstrated whilst the efficiency is significantly boosted over 30%.
Keywords :
dye-sensitised solar cells; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; plasmons; efficiency; electrical improvement; nanoparticles; optical improvement; plasmon enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells; plasmonics; Absorption; Broadband communication; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical imaging; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
