• DocumentCode
    688686
  • Title

    Plasmonic-enhanced Si Schottky barrier solar cell

  • Author

    Chong Tong ; Juhyung Yun ; Qiaoqiang Gan ; Anderson, Wayne A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    By introducing plasmonic silver nanoparticles on top of a SiO2 spacer layer, we enhance the power conversion efficiency of a Si-based Schottky barrier solar cell by 80% (from 2.5% to 4.5%).
  • Keywords
    Schottky diodes; elemental semiconductors; nanoparticles; plasmonics; silicon; silicon compounds; silver; solar cells; Si; Si-based Schottky barrier solar cell; SiO2-Ag; plasmonic silver nanoparticles; plasmonic-enhanced Si Schottky barrier solar cell; power conversion efficiency; silica spacer layer; Absorption; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Reflectivity; Schottky barriers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833061