Title :
Enhancing solar cells with localized plasmons in nanovoids
Author :
Lai, N.N. ; Soares, B.F. ; Sinha, J.K. ; Huang, F.M. ; Bartlett, P.N. ; Greenham, N. ; de Abajo, F.J.G. ; Baumberg, J.J.
Author_Institution :
Cavendish Lab., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract :
Localized plasmons in silver nanovoids enhance organic solar cell efficiencies experimentally by a factor of four and similarly in a-Si cells, accounted for by theoretical and computational analysis of absorption at the plasmonic interface.
Keywords :
plasmons; solar cells; computational analysis; localized plasmons; organic solar cell efficiencies enhancement; plasmonic interface; silver nanovoids; Absorption; Metals; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
