Plasmonic Scattering by Metal Nanoparticles for Solar Cells

Paris, A.; Vaccari, Alessandro; Lesina, Antonino Calà; Serra, Enrico; Calliari, L.

doi:10.1007/s11468-012-9338-4

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“…On the other hand Au does not form any oxide layer (Temple and Bagnall, 2011). Moreover relatively large nanoparticle is desirable for a higher scattering cross section (Temple and Bagnall, 2012) and it has been shown that large Au nanoparticle will scatter more light in the forward direction than Ag nanoparticle (Paris et al, 2012) of similar size, making Au nanoparticle a good candidate to be used on the top side of the solar cell. Incorporation of these nanoparticles on top of solar cells can be done in various ways including drop-casting, dip coating etc.…”

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Comparative study of thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells to investigate the effect of absorber layer thickness on the plasmonic enhancement using gold nanoparticles

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In this paper, the effect of gold nanoparticles on n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells with different intrinsic layer (i-layer) thicknesses has been studied. 100 nm and 500 nm i-layer based n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells were fabricated and colloidal gold (Au) nanoparticles dispersed in water-based solution were spin-coated on the top surface of the solar cells. The Au nanoparticles are of spherical shape and have 100 nm diameter. Electrical and quantum efficiency measurements were carried out and the results show an increase in short-circuit current density (J sc ), efficiency and external quantum efficiency (EQE) with the incorporation of the nanoparticles on both cells. J sc increases from 5.91 mA/cm 2 to 6.5 mA/cm 2 ($10% relative increase) and efficiency increases from 3.38% to 3.97% ($17.5% relative increase) for the 100 nm i-layer solar cell after plasmonic enhancement whereas J sc increases from 9.34 mA/cm 2 to 10.1 mA/cm 2 ($7.5% relative increase) and efficiency increases from 4.27% to 4.99% ($16.9% relative increase) for the 500 nm i-layer cell. The results show that plasmonic enhancement is more effective in 100 nm than 500 nm i-layer thickness for a-Si:H solar cells. Moreover, the results are discussed in terms of light absorption and electron hole pair generation.

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Comparative study of thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells to investigate the effect of absorber layer thickness on the plasmonic enhancement using gold nanoparticles

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“…where there is no interaction between the metal NPs themselves [32]. In this equation, d cc is the center to center distance between the particles of radius Br^.…”

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Investigating the Potential of Nanoplasmonics for Efficiency Enhancement of Wafer Based Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

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Nanoplasmonics has gained significant research interest for photovoltaic applications due to their ability to construct optically thick but physically thin photovoltaic absorbers for high efficiency solar cells including thin (10-50 μm), ultrathin (≤10 μm) crystalline silicon solar cells, and amorphous silicon solar cells. In this paper, we investigate the potential of metal and dielectric nanoparticles on the efficiency enhancement of wafer based crystalline silicon solar cells having a physical thickness of 180 μm. We explore on whether the use of nanoplasmonics can boost the efficiency even further for state-of-the-art crystalline silicon solar cells. The effect of nanoplasmonics on the important performance metrics like reflectance, light trapping, and series resistance have been thoroughly studied for probable efficiency enhancement of wafer based cells. It is seen that the benefits offered by nanoplasmonics for efficiency enhancement of thin solar cells are limited for physically thick absorbers. A simple analytical model has been proposed and experiments carried out to validate the same.

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“…Интерес к наночастицам благородных метал-лов обусловлен эффектом коллективного возбуждения электронов проводимости в них под действием света, называемым плазмонным резонансом, и появлением вследствие этого локальных гигантских электромагнит-ных полей вблизи наночастиц [11]. Такие композици-онные металл/полупроводниковые материалы активно предлагаются для внедрения и применения в области плазмоники, оптоэлектроники и биосенсорики [12][13][14].…”

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Формирование композиционного материала на основе GeSi с наночастицами Ag методом ионной имплантации

Баталов¹,

Воробьев²,

Нуждин³

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Plasmonic Scattering by Metal Nanoparticles for Solar Cells

Cited by 75 publications

References 20 publications

Comparative study of thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells to investigate the effect of absorber layer thickness on the plasmonic enhancement using gold nanoparticles

Comparative study of thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells to investigate the effect of absorber layer thickness on the plasmonic enhancement using gold nanoparticles

Investigating the Potential of Nanoplasmonics for Efficiency Enhancement of Wafer Based Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Формирование композиционного материала на основе GeSi с наночастицами Ag методом ионной имплантации

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