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Aeineh N, Sharifi N, Behjat A. Application of Au@SiO2 Plasmonic Nanoparticles at Interface of TiO2 Mesoporous Layers in Perovskite Solar Cells. IJOP 2018; 12 (2) :99-108
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1- Atomic and Molecular Group, Faculty of Physics, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
2- Physics Department, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
3- Photonics Research Group, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
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To investigate the plasmonic effect in perovskite solar cells, the effect of depositing Au@SiO2 nanoparticles on the top and the bottom of mesoporous TiO2 layers was studied. First, Au@SiO2 nanoparticles were synthesized. The particles were then deposited at the different interfaces of mesoporous TiO2 layers. Although the two structures show approximately similar optical absorption, only cells with Au@SiO2 nanoparticles deposited at the bottom of the mesoporous TiO2 layers demonstrated an improved photocurrent performance compared to the reference cells. This structure shows a short-circuit current density (JSC) of 20.7 mA/cm2 and open circuit voltage of 1081 mV. This enhancement may be attributed either to the interface surface engineering or plasmonic resonance of Au@SiO2 nanoparticles depends to the NPs size and position.  

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Received: 2016/12/18 | Revised: 2019/01/5 | Accepted: 2017/07/2 | Published: 2018/12/12

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