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October 22, 2024
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Spectral Control by Silver Nanoparticle-Based Metasurfaces for Mitigation of UV Degradation in Perovskite Solar Cells

Publicated to: Nanomaterials. 14 (19): 1582- - 2024-10-01 14(19), DOI: 10.3390/nano14191582

Authors: Delgado-Rodríguez, S; Serrano, EJ; Elshorbagy, MH; Alda, J; del Pozo, G; Cuadrado, A

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Minia Univ, Fac Sci, Phys Dept, El Minia 61519, Egypt - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Dept Opt, Madrid 28037, Spain - Author
Univ Rey Juan Carlos, Dept Tecnol Elect, Madrid 28933, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Perovskite solar cells are considered to be one of the most promising solar cell designs in terms of photovoltaic efficiency. However, their practical deployment is strongly affected by their short lifetimes, mostly caused by environmental conditions and UV degradation. In this contribution, we present a metasurface made of silver nanoparticles used as a UV filter on a perovskite solar cell. The UV-blocking layer was fabricated and morphologically and compositionally analyzed. Its optical response, in terms of optical transmission, was also experimentally measured. These results were compared with simulations made through the use of a well-proven computational electromagnetism model. After analyzing the discrepancies between the experimental and simulated results and checking those obtained from electron beam microscopy and electron dispersion spectroscopy, we could see that a residue from fabrication, sodium citrate, strongly modified the optical response of the system, generating a redshift of about 50 nm. Then, we proposed and simulated the optical behavior of core-shell nanoparticles made of silver and silica. The calculated spectral absorption at the active perovskite layer shows how the appropriate selection of the geometrical parameters of these core-shell particles is able to tune the absorption at the active layer by removing a significant portion of the UV band and reducing the absorption of the active layer from 90% to 5% at a resonance wavelength of 403 nm.

Keywords

Computational electromagnetisComputational electromagnetismCore-shell nanoparticlesCore–shell nanoparticlesMetasurfacesPerovskite solar cellsUv degradation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nanomaterials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Chemical Engineering (Miscellaneous).

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-15:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Egypt.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Delgado Rodríguez, Silvia) and Last Author (Cuadrado Conde, Alexander).

    the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Delgado Rodríguez, Silvia and Cuadrado Conde, Alexander.

    Awards linked to the item

    This research was funded by grant TED2021-131807A-I00 funded by AEI and by the European Union NextGenerationEU, and by the "Proyectos de I+D para jovenes investigadores de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos" program through Comunidad de Madrid, under Grant 2022/00156/025 and Grant REF:M2742. The authors J. Alda and Mahmoud H. Elshorbagy from University Complutense of Madrid acknowledge funding from Plan Nacional de Investigacion of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of Spain through project "VDOEST" with reference PID2022-138071OB-I00.