Title :
Au-Ag alloy popcorn nanoparticles enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells
Author :
Qi Xu ; Fang Liu ; Yuxiang Liu ; Yidong Huang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The Au-Ag alloy popcorn-shaped nanoparticles enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) are proposed and investigated. It is demonstrated that the efficiency of DSCs are increased by 32% from 5.94% to 7.85% with broadband excitation of localized-surface-plasmons.
Keywords :
dye-sensitised solar cells; gold alloys; nanoparticles; nanophotonics; silver alloys; surface plasmons; Au-Ag alloy popcorn nanoparticles; AuAg; DSC efficiency; broadband excitation; dye-sensitized solar cells; efficiency 5.94 percent; efficiency 7.85 percent; localized surface plasmons; Absorption; Broadband communication; Gold; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
