Improving Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Hybrid Bimetallic Nanostructures

Zarick, Holly F.; Erwin, William R.; Boulesbaa, Abdelaziz; Hurd, Olivia K.; Webb, Joseph A.; Puretzky, Alexander A.; Geohegan, David B.; Bardhan, Rizia

doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00552

Title: Improving Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Using Hybrid Bimetallic Nanostructures

Journal Article · Mon Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2016 · ACS Photonics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00552· OSTI ID:1261274

Zarick, Holly F. ^[1]; Erwin, William R. ^[1]; Boulesbaa, Abdelaziz ^[2]; Hurd, Olivia K. ^[3]; Webb, Joseph A. ^[1]; Puretzky, Alexander A. ^[2]; Geohegan, David B. ^[2]; Bardhan, Rizia ^[1]

Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

In this paper, we demonstrate improved light trapping in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with hybrid bimetallic gold core/silver shell nanostructures. Silica-coated bimetallic nanostructures (Au/Ag/SiO₂ NSs) integrated in the active layer of DSSCs resulted in 7.51% power conversion efficiency relative to 5.97% for reference DSSCs, giving rise to 26% enhancement in device performance. DSSC efficiencies were governed by the particle density of Au/Ag/SiO₂ NSs with best performing devices utilizing only 0.44 wt % of nanostructures. We performed transient absorption spectroscopy of DSSCs with variable concentrations of Au/Ag/SiO₂ NSs and observed an increase in amplitude and decrease in lifetime with increasing particle density relative to reference. Finally, we attributed this trend to plasmon resonant energy transfer and population of the singlet excited states of the sensitizer molecules at the optimum concentration of NSs promoting enhanced exciton generation and rapid charge transfer into TiO₂.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Dept. of Education (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; NSF EPS1004083; EEC 1342185; 1445197; P0200A090323

OSTI ID:: 1261274

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1261394

Journal Information:: ACS Photonics, Vol. 3, Issue 3; ISSN 2330-4022

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