Abstract
Here, we show that the morphology of organic bulk-heterojuction (BJH) thin films strongly influences whether plasmonic modes supported by an electrode are absorbed or outcoupled (leaked) from the organic thin films. Using optical dark-field scattering, full-field electromagnetic modelling and grazing-incidence, wide-angle X-ray scattering, we find that more crystalline organic active layers, such as P3HT:PCBM trap surface plasmons while more amorphous organic thin films such as PTB7:PC70BM and PCDTBT:PC70BM facilitate leakage of surface plasmon polaritons. This is an important finding because it indicates that plasmonic light trapping can be improved in thin-film organic active layers using more crystalline active layers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509056057 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 25 2018 |
| Event | 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 - Washington, United States Duration: Jun 25 2017 → Jun 30 2017 |
Other
| Other | 44th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 6/25/17 → 6/30/17 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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O'Carroll, D. M., & Petoukhoff, C. E. (2018). Influence of organic active layer morphology on plasmonic light-trapping. In 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2017 (pp. 1-3). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2017.8366198