Optimization of light-trapping in thin-film solar cells enhanced with plasmonic nanoparticles

Author

Akimov, Yu.A. ; Koh, W.S.

Author_Institution

Adv. Photonics & Plasmonics Team, Inst. of High Performance Comput., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Recently, thin-film solar cells enhanced with plasmonic nanoparticles have attracted much attention of the scientific community. To improve the performance of such cells, an optimization of the nanoparticle parameters such as size, surface coverage and material is performed. Based on this optimization, the role of surface plasmons is discussed and analyzed with respect to optical absorption of the photoactive layer in both the dipolar and multi-polar regimes of the forward scattering configuration.

Keywords

aluminium; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; indium compounds; light absorption; light scattering; metallic thin films; nanoparticles; optimisation; particle size; plasmonics; radiation pressure; silicon; solar cells; surface plasmons; tin compounds; ITO-Si:H-Al; forward scattering configuration; light trapping; nanoparticle size; optical absorption; optimization; photoactive layer; plasmonic nanoparticles; surface coverage; surface plasmons; thin film solar cells; Absorption; Metals; Nanoparticles; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2010

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9882-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PGC.2010.5705952

Filename

5705952