The possibility to improve the efficiency and stability of organic photovoltaics via nanoparticles-based plasmonic devices was addressed.
An unconventional approach, based on in-situ time/space resolved high spatial resolution synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction applied to integrated devices, was used for the first time.
The study allowed the kinetics of NP distribution inside the photoactive film and the nanoscale modifications of the structural/interface properties of each layer composing the device to be elucidated.