Abstract
AbstractPlasmonic metal electrodes with subwavelength nanostructures are promising for enhancing light harvesting in photovoltaics. However, the nonradiative damping of surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) during coupling with sunlight results in the conversion of the excited hot‐electrons to heat, which limits the absorption of light and generation of photocurrent. Herein, an energy recycling strategy driven by hot‐electron emission for recycling the SPP energy trapped in the plasmonic electrodes is proposed. A transparent silver‐based plasmonic metal electrode (A‐PME) with a periodic hexagonal nanopore array is constructed, which is combined with a luminescent organic emitter for radiative recombination of the injected hot‐electrons. Owing to the suppressed SPP energy loss via broadband hot‐electron emission, the A‐PME achieves an optimized optical transmission with an average transmittance of over 80% from 380 to 1200 nm. Moreover, the indium‐tin‐oxide‐free organic solar cells yield an enhanced light harvesting with a power conversion efficiency of 16.1%.
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