Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Using Green Synthesized Au–Ag Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Red Onion Extraction
2.3. Biosynthesis of Au–Ag Nanoparticles
Isolation and Purification of the Biosynthesized Au–Ag Nanoparticles
2.4. Organic Solar Cells Device Fabrication
2.5. Biosynthesize Au–Ag NPs and Organic Solar Cells Device Characterization
Parameters Characteristic of Solar Cells
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterizations of Biosynthesized Gold-Silver Nanoparticles
3.2. UV–Vis Spectroscopy
3.3. Device Performances for Au–Ag NPs Organic Solar Cells
Au–Ag NPs Effect on Exciton Quenching
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Device Configuration | NPs | Position | PCE % | Ref. | |
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W/O NPs | W/NPs | ||||
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/LiF/Al | Ag: Mg | P3HT: PCBM | 2.29 | 4.11 | [5] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT PCBM/Al | Ag/Ag2O | PEDOT: PSS | 3.06 | 5.20 | [6] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/PTB7: PC71BM/Al | Au–Ag | PEDOT: PSS/PTB7: PC71BM | 2.50 | 4.24 | [7] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/PBDB-T: ITIC/PFN/FM | Ag | PEDOT: PSS | 5.9 | 6.4 | [8] |
ITO/ZnO/PTB7-Th: PC71BM/MoO3/Al | Au | ZnO | 9.31 | 11.8 | [9] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/LiF/Al | Au | P3HT: PCBM | 2.11 | 2.55 | [10] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/LiF/Al | Ag | P3HT: PCBM | 2.11 | 2.23 | [10] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/PCPDTBT: PC60BM/Al | Ag | PEDOT: PSS | 0.0057 | 0.0396 | [11] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/Al | Au | PEDOT: PSS | 3.45 | 3.65 | [12] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/Al | Au | PEDOT: PSS | 2.963 | 3.510 | [13] |
ITO/ZnO/PTB7: PCBM/MoO3/Ag | Ag | ZnO | 6.53 | 7.25 | [14] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/CuPc/C60/Al | Au | PEDOT: PSS | 0.78 | 1.02 | [15] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS PBDB-T-2Cl: IT-4F/PDINO/Al | Ag | PEDOT: PSS | 12.85 | 13.42 | [16] |
(ITO)/PEI/P3HT: ICBA)/WO3/WO3/Ag | Ag–Au | WO3 | 4.57 | 6.55 | [17] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/P3HT: PCBM/Al | Au | PEDOT: PSS | 2.44 | 2.88 | [18] |
ITO/PEDOT: PSS/PTB7-Th: ITIC/PFN/Al * | Au-Ag | PEDOT: PSS | 7.3 | 9.11 |
Sample | JSC (mA/cm2) | VOC (V) | FF (%) | PCE (%) | n | JS (mA/cm2) | RS (Ωcm2) | Jph (mA/cm2) |
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Reference | 15.53 | 0.79 | 60.0 | 7.30 | 3.33 | 1.04 × 10−6 | 2.99 | 0.0156 |
30 μL NPs | 17.87 | 0.79 | 61.0 | 8.63 | 3.4 | 9.87 × 10−7 | 2.15 | 0.0180 |
60 μL NPs | 18.94 | 0.77 | 62.5 | 9.11 | 2.91 | 7.33 × 10−7 | 1.74 | 0.0189 |
90 μL NPs | 16.29 | 0.77 | 60.2 | 7.55 | 3.21 | 1.08 × 10−6 | 2.37 | 0.0165 |
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Okai, V.; Chahul, H.F.; Shikler, R. Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Using Green Synthesized Au–Ag Nanoparticles. Polymers 2023, 15, 1482. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061482
Okai V, Chahul HF, Shikler R. Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Using Green Synthesized Au–Ag Nanoparticles. Polymers. 2023; 15(6):1482. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061482
Chicago/Turabian StyleOkai, Victor, Habibat Faith Chahul, and Rafi Shikler. 2023. "Enhancement of Power Conversion Efficiency of Non-Fullerene Organic Solar Cells Using Green Synthesized Au–Ag Nanoparticles" Polymers 15, no. 6: 1482. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15061482