• DocumentCode
    688617
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6832992