Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell

Yen-Hsun Su; Yuan-Feng Ke; Shi-Liang Cai; Qian-Yu Yao

doi:10.1038/lsa.2012.14

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Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell

Original Article

- Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 1, Issue 1, (2012)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien
  2.Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien
- Author bio：
  
  Professor YH Su, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd., Shoufeng, Hualien 97401 E-mail: yhsu@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2012.14
  CLC：
- Published：2012-03，
  
  Published Online：08 June 2012，
  
  Received：14 December 2011，
  
  Revised：02 March 2012，
  
  Accepted：05 March 2012
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Su, Y. H. et al. Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e14 (2012).
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Su, Y. H. et al. Surface plasmon resonance of layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles induced photoelectric current in environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell. Light: Science & Applications, 1, e14 (2012). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2012.14.

摘要

Abstract

Layer-by-layer gold nanoparticles are used to generate photocurrent in an environmentally-friendly plasmon-sensitized solar cell towing to surface plasmon resonance. The efficiency of the photoelectric conversion of gold nanoparticle layers is increased as the intensity of surface plasmon resonance increases. We also explain the experimental results by modeling the phenomenon of charge separation and photocurrent formation

and the relationship between surface plasmon resonance and photocurrent formation

which has potential application in plasmon-sensitized solar cells and plasmonic solar cells in the future.

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Keywords

charge separationlayer-by-layer gold nanoparticlesplasmon-sensitized solar cellsplasmonic solar cellssurface plasmon resonance

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