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ReviewNanoscale advances2024

Gold nanostructures/quantum dots for the enhanced efficiency of organic solar cells.

Apichat Phengdaam, Sopit Phetsang, Sachiko Jonai, Kazunari Shinbo, Keizo Kato, Akira Baba

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Review in Nanoscale advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Interfacial Role of DopantNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Apichat PhengdaamDivision of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University Hat Yai Songkhla 90110 Thailand apichat.p@psu.ac.th.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5936-0236
Sopit PhetsangDivision of General Education, National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Nagaoka College 888 Nishikatakai-machi, Nagaoka-shi Niigata 940-8532 Japan.
Sachiko JonaiGraduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050, Ikarashi 2-nocho, Nishi-ku Niigata 950-2181 Japan ababa@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp.
Kazunari ShinboGraduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050, Ikarashi 2-nocho, Nishi-ku Niigata 950-2181 Japan ababa@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp.
Keizo KatoGraduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050, Ikarashi 2-nocho, Nishi-ku Niigata 950-2181 Japan ababa@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp.
Akira BabaGraduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University 8050, Ikarashi 2-nocho, Nishi-ku Niigata 950-2181 Japan ababa@eng.niigata-u.ac.jp.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2633-8195

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Incorporating gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) into organic solar cell (OSC) structures provides an effective means to manipulate light-matter interactions. AuNPs have been used as plasmonic-enhancement and light-trapping materials in OSCs and exhibit diverse single and mixed morphologies. Substantial near-field enhancement from metal periodic structures has consistently demonstrated high enhancement in solar cell efficiency. Additionally, coupling with atomic gold clusters in the form of gold quantum dots holds promise for light harvesting through fluorescence phenomena. The configured devices optimize light utilization in OSCs by considering factors such as the morphology, position, and hybridization of localized surface plasmon resonance, propagating surface plasmon resonance, and fluorescence phenomena. This optimization enhances light absorption, scattering, and efficient trapping facilitated by gold nanostructures/quantum dots. The configured setup exhibits multiple effects, concurrently improving plasmonic and fluorescence responses under solar irradiation, thereby enhancing energy conversion performance. Integrating plasmonic nanostructures with OSCs can address fundamental issues, providing opportunities to enhance the light-absorption intensity and charge transfer efficiency at intra and intermolecular levels. This comprehensive review demonstrates that the greatest improvement in solar cell efficiency exceeded 30% compared with the reference cells.

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PMCPMC11232555

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