Enhancement of Donor–Acceptor Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell Power Conversion Efficiencies by Addition of Au Nanoparticles

This research was supported by Future-based Technology Development Program (Nano Fields, 2010-0029321) and the WCU (World Class University) program (R32-2008-000-10142-0) through the NRF of Korea funded by the MEST. J. H. Park acknowledges the support from NRF of Korea funded by the MEST (NRF-2009- C1AAA001-2009-0094157, 2011-0006268). Research at UCSB was supported by the US Army General Technical Services (LLC/GTS-S- 09-1-196) and by the Department of Energy (BES-DOE- ER46535).