Analysis of nanoparticles shape for efficient absorption in nanoplasmonic solar cells

Author

ElMahgoub, Khaled ; Elsherbeni, Atef Z.

Author_Institution

Trimble Navig., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

The effect of different shapes and grid skew angle of silver nanoparticles on the absorption of nanoplasmonic solar cell is studied using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD). An FDTD algorithm is used to study the absorption rate of the solar cells with cuboid and cylindrical silver nanoparticles. Moreover, solar cells with axial and skewed grid of silver nanoparticles are considered. The results show that the shape of the nanoparticles affects the absorption rate of the solar cell dramatically, while the skew angle of the grid has a negligible effect.

Keywords

absorption; finite difference time-domain analysis; nanoparticles; plasmonics; solar cells; FDTD algorithm; absorption; cuboid silver nanoparticles; cylindrical silver nanoparticles; finite-difference time-domain; grid skew angle; nanoparticles shape; nanoplasmonic solar cells; Absorption; Dispersion; Finite difference methods; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Silver; Time-domain analysis; Finite-difference time-domain; dispersive material; nanoplasmonic solar cell; periodic structure; skewed grid;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WiSEE.2013.6737546

Filename

6737546