Title :
Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells with Au nanoparticles
Author :
Islam, Kaidul ; Alnuaimi, Aaesha ; Okyay, A.K. ; Nayfeh, Ammar
Author_Institution :
Inst. Center for Future Energy Syst. (iFES), Masdar Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Abstract :
In this work, the effect of Au nanoparticles on the performance of a-Si:H solar cells is investigated experimentally. Au nanoparticles of 10, 20, 50, 80, 100, 200 and 400 nm are spin coated on ITO before metallization. The results show an increase in the Jsc and efficiency with increasing nanoparticle size. The Jsc increases from 9.34 mA/cm2 to 10.1 mA/cm2. In addition, the efficiency increases from 4.28% to 5.01%.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; gold; hydrogen; metallisation; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; silicon; solar cells; spin coating; thin films; Au-Si:H; efficiency 4.28 percent to 5.01 percent; metallization; nanoparticle; size 10 nm; size 100 nm; size 20 nm; size 200 nm; size 400 nm; size 50 nm; size 80 nm; spin coating; thin film solar cell; Absorption; Gold; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Scattering; amorphous Si; nanoparticles; photovoltaics; plasmonics; solar cells; thin film;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744508
