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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Transient optical spectroscopies such as transient absorption and transient photoluminescence spectroscopy offer powerful tools for observing charge carrier dynamics in plasmonic organic solar cells. In conjunction with device electrical characterizations, they provide unambiguous proof of the effect of the plasmonic nanostructures on the solar cells’ performance.
However, there have been a number of controversies over the effects of such integration – where both enhanced and decreased performance have been reported. Importantly, the new insights into the photophysics and charge dynamics of plasmonic organic solar cells that these spectroscopy methods yield could be used to resolve these controversies and provide clear guidelines for device design and fabrication.
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Dr. Nripan Mathews is an Assistant Professor at the School of Materials Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He pursued his PhD at a joint Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA) – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) – Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI University) laboratory, where he studied the signatures of optical excitations within molecular crystals (2008). He was also a visiting researcher at Prof. Michael Graetzel’s laboratory at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he participated in a pan-European project on photoelectrochemical hydrogen production. His research focuses on a wide variety of novel materials (metal oxides, organic semiconductors, graphene, carbon nanotubes, sulfides, selenides) and novel morphologies (one-dimensional structures such as nanowires and nanotubes, thin films, and two-dimensional nanosheets) produced by a range of fabrication techniques. He has primarily investigated the electronic and optical properties of these materials and how they can be adapted for practical applications
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plasmonic Organic Solar Cells
Book Subtitle: Charge Generation and Recombination
Authors: Bo Wu, Nripan Mathews, Tze-Chien Sum
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2021-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2019-3Published: 13 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2021-6Published: 04 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 106
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Optical and Electronic Materials, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Energy Systems, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials