Plasmon resonant enhancement of dye sensitized solar cells

This paper reports improved efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) by exploiting the plasmonic resonance of Au nanoparticles. By incorporating plasmon resonant nanoparticles into a TiO2 photoanode, enhanced photocurrent in DSSCs is observed extending from 460 nm to 730 nm.

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Plasmon resonant enhancement of dye sensitized solar cells
Wenbo Hou, Prathamesh Pavaskar, Zuwei Liu, Jesse Theiss, Mehmet Aykol and Stephen B. Cronin
Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02120F

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