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This collaborative project with Prof. Adam Moule aims to incorporate layers of metal nanoshells between the layers of organic polymer solar cells. The metal nanoshells have a larger absorption coefficient than any organic polymer and can therefore absorb more of the Sun’s light. The plasmon excitation at the metal surface creates a high local oscillating electric field that will increase the probability of charge separation in the organic layer.
SiO2@Au nanoclusters and their corresponding optical spectra.
Frank E. Osterloh, et al. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 5553-5558. DOI: 10.1021/la0348719
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