Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors

Byoungchoo Park; Soo Hong Yun; Chan Youn Cho; Young Chan Kim; Jung Chul Shin; Hong Goo Jeon; Yoon Ho Huh; Inchan Hwang; Ku Youn Baik; Young In Lee; Han Sup Uhm; Guang Sup Cho; Eun Ha Choi

doi:10.1038/lsa.2014.103

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Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors

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- Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 3, Issue 4, (2014)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea
  2.Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 139-701, Rep
- Author bio：
  
  Professor B Park, Department of Electrical and Biological Physics, Kwangwoon University, Wolgye-Dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea Email: bcpark@kw.ac.kr
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2014.103
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- Published：2014-12，
  
  Published Online：05 December 2014，
  
  Received：26 March 2014，
  
  Revised：13 September 2014，
  
  Accepted：15 September 2014
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Park, B. et al. Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e222 (2014).
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Park, B. et al. Surface plasmon excitation in semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic devices and their applications as label-free optical sensors. Light: Science & Applications, 3, e222 (2014). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2014.103.

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Abstract

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we report on surface plasmon (SP)-sensitive semitransparent inverted polymer photovoltaic (PV) devices that are based on multilayered material systems consisting of poly(3-hexylthiophene): fullerene-derivative bulk-heterojunction PV layers and thin gold or silver a

nodes. We demonstrate that these PV devices allow the simultaneous generation of both electrical power and SPs on their anodes for photoexcitation just above the optical absorption edge of the PV layers

resulting not only in attenuated total reflection

but also in attenuated photocurrent generation (APG) under the SP resonance (SPR) condition. Moreover

we also confirm that the biomolecular interaction of biotin–streptavidin on the PV devices can be precisely detected

via

apparent SPR angle shifts in the APG spectra

even without the need for complex attenuated total reflection configurations. We highlight our view that APG measurements made using these PV devices show great potential for the development of future generations of compact and highly sensitive SPR-based optical sensors.

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attenuated total reflectionoptical sensorsphotocurrent generationpolymer photovoltaic devicessurface plasmon

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