Improved performance of amorphous silicon solar cells via scattering from surface plasmon polaritons in nearby metallic nanoparticles

2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 093103 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Derkacs ◽  
S. H. Lim ◽  
P. Matheu ◽  
W. Mar ◽  
E. T. Yu
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Metallic Nanoparticles ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

Improved performance of flexible amorphous silicon solar cells with silver nanowires

2012 ◽  
Vol 112 (12) ◽  
pp. 124320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. R. Chen ◽  
Z. Q. Li ◽  
X. H. Chen ◽  
C. Liu ◽  
X. J. Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Silver Nanowires ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Improved Performance

scholarly journals Plasmon-Enhanced Photoluminescence of an Amorphous Silicon Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Device by Localized Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Ag/SiOx:a-Si QDs/Ag Sandwich Nanostructures

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsung-Han Tsai ◽  
Ming-Yi Lin ◽  
Wing-Kit Choi ◽  
Hoang Yan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Surface Plasmons ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Localized Surface Plasmon ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Grating Structure ◽  
Enhanced Photoluminescence ◽  
Silicon Quantum Dot ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

We investigated experimentally the plasmon-enhanced photoluminescence of the amorphous silicon quantum dots (a-Si QDs) light-emitting devices (LEDs) with theAg/SiOx:a-Si QDs/Ag sandwich nanostructures, through the coupling between the a-Si QDs and localized surface plasmons polaritons (LSPPs) mode, by tuning a one-dimensional (1D) Ag grating on the top. The coupling of surface plasmons at the top and bottomAg/SiOx:a-Si QDs interfaces resulted in the localized surface plasmon polaritons (LSPPs) confined underneath the Ag lines, which exhibit the Fabry-Pérot resonance. From the Raman spectrum, it proves the existence of a-Si QDs embedded in Si-richSiOxfilm (SiOx:a-Si QDs) at a low annealing temperature (300°C) to prevent the possible diffusion of Ag atoms from Ag film. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of a-Si QDs can be precisely tuned by a 1D Ag grating with different pitches and Ag line widths were investigated. An optimized Ag grating structure, with 500 nm pitch and 125 nm Ag line width, was found to achieve up to 4.8-fold PL enhancement at 526 nm and 2.46-fold PL integrated intensity compared to the a-Si QDs LEDs without Ag grating structure, due to the strong a-Si QDs-LSPPs coupling.

scholarly journals The Effect of Different Surface Plasmon Polaritons Shapes on Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalil ElKhamisy ◽  
Salah Elagooz ◽  
El-Sayed El-Rabaie ◽  
Hamdy Abdelhamid
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cell ◽  
Series Resistance ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons

Abstract Thin film Si solar cell and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) effects on solar cell efficiency, series resistance and shunt resistance are studied and analyzed in this work. The different surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) shapes and their effects on the optical, electrical properties and therefore on the efficiency of thin film solar cell are studied in this work. This study is introduced using 3D numerical simulation results. The semiconductor and electromagnetic models are incorporated for studying the electrical and optical behaviors of the thin film solar cells, respectively. A 14.76% efficiency is obtained for triangle’ SPPs of about 1.07% of efficiency improvement compared to solar cell of SPPs free. The solar cell electrical parameters also are extracted in this work based on a single diode equivalent model. The series resistance is enhanced for solar cells of equilateral triangle SPP by 3% compared to the non-applied SPPs.

Scattering of surface plasmon-polaritons and light by metallic nanoparticles

2000 ◽  
Vol 175 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 383-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Cheyssac ◽  
V.A Sterligov ◽  
S.I Lysenko ◽  
R Kofman
Keyword(s):  
Surface Plasmon ◽  
Surface Plasmon Polaritons ◽  
Metallic Nanoparticles ◽  
Plasmon Polaritons
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