Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with mean size of 1 nm were placed on an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode by ark plasma gun. The hole injection at ITO/organic semiconductor was significantly enhanced by the NPs. Though the hole current was unstable upon the voltage scan, it can be substantially stabilized by the insertion of hyper-branched polystyrene (HPS) thin layer between ITO and Au NPs. The work function of ITO electrode was also increased by NPs. The ITO/HPS/Au NPs structure was applied to the anode of an organic solar cell (OSC) with a bulk heterojunction active layer. The power conversion efficiency was significantly higher than that of OSC without anode buffer layer and almost comparable to that with a representative buffer material.

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