Solar Trap: Manipulation and Modification of Solar Light in organic Solar Cells

  • Barb, Ruxandra-Aida (Researcher)
  • Bielz, Thomas (Researcher)
  • Heilbrunner, Herwig (Researcher)
  • Pöhl, Hannes (Researcher)
  • Scharber, Markus Clark (Researcher)
  • Sivun, Dmitry (Researcher)
  • Hrelescu, Calin (PI)

Project: Funded researchFFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Project Details

Description

Despite the advances in the field of light-management using nanostructures, the manipulation of light in organic films with the aid of metamaterials of plasmonic structures presents a major challenge and is far from being understood. In the SolarTrap project, new structures will be examined, with the aim to increase the absorption of photons in the photoactive layer of the solar cell. For this purpose, colloidal metal-dielectric hybrid nanoparticles, structures which enable the surface-enhanced "up"-conversion and so-called metastructures will be investigated. The SolarTrap project focuses on the correlation of the different light-management methods for various solar cell structures with the efficiency of light coupling and energy conversion. The detailed studies may pinpoint the limiting factors of the individual concepts. As a light-emitting diode acts like an inverse solar cell, the obtained results can also be applied to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs).
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01.05.201430.04.2017

Collaborative partners

Fields of science

  • 103009 Solid state physics
  • 103008 Experimental physics
  • 103018 Materials physics
  • 103 Physics, Astronomy
  • 210005 Nanophotonics
  • 210004 Nanomaterials
  • 210002 Nanobiotechnology
  • 103040 Photonics
  • 103022 Plasma physics
  • 103033 Superconductivity
  • 103021 Optics
  • 103006 Chemical physics
  • 103016 Laser physics
  • 103015 Condensed matter
  • 104005 Electrochemistry
  • 103011 Semiconductor physics
  • 104017 Physical chemistry
  • 104 Chemistry
  • 104016 Photochemistry

JKU Focus areas

  • Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management