Title :
Tunable plasmonic resonance using core-shell nanoparticles for increasing optical absorption in solar cells
Author :
Qu, Di ; Liu, Fang ; Huang, Yidong ; Xie, Wanlu ; Xu, Qi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Using metal-dielectric core-shell nanoparticles to tune the plasmonic resonance peak for increasing optical absorption in solar cells is proposed and investigated. The enhancement region could be tuned in a large wavelength range of about 200nm.
Keywords :
light absorption; nanoparticles; plasmonics; solar cells; core-shell nanoparticle; metal-dielectric nanoparticle; optical absorption; solar cell; tunable plasmonic resonance; Absorption; Nanoparticles; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
