Electrical and optical interconnection for mechanically stacked multi-junction solar cells mediated by metal nanoparticle arrays

2012 ◽  
Vol 101 (19) ◽  
pp. 191111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidenori Mizuno ◽  
Kikuo Makita ◽  
Koji Matsubara
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Nanoparticle ◽  
Optical Interconnection ◽  
Nanoparticle Arrays

Three-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells With a Back-Contact-Type Bottom Cell Bonded Using Conductive Metal Nanoparticle Arrays

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 358-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Tayagaki ◽  
Kikuo Makita ◽  
Tomihisa Tachibana ◽  
Hidenori Mizuno ◽  
Ryuji Oshima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Nanoparticle ◽  
Back Contact ◽  
Nanoparticle Arrays ◽  
Tandem Solar Cells ◽  
Contact Type ◽  
Bottom Cell

scholarly journals Absorption enhancement in thin film solar cells with bilayer silver nanoparticle arrays

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 055032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuyuan Zhang ◽  
Min Liu ◽  
Wen Liu ◽  
Yusheng Liu ◽  
Zhaofeng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Silver Nanoparticle ◽  
Thin Film Solar Cells ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Nanoparticle Arrays

Nanoparticle Scattering, Absorption, and Interface Effects for Surface Plasmon Enhanced Thin Silicon Solar Cells

2013 ◽  
pp. 210-230
Author(s):  
Nirag Kadakia
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Surface Plasmons ◽  
Metal Nanoparticle ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Silicon Devices ◽  
Silicon Photovoltaics ◽  
Thin Silicon ◽  
Embedding Medium ◽  
Plasmonic Solar Cells ◽  
Interface Effects

Recently, surface plasmons have been employed in a variety of methods to increase the efficiency of solar cells. Surface plasmons are oscillations of electrons that arise from surface effects of light interaction with materials that have appreciable free carrier densities; their resonance is confined to a region that depends on the dielectric response of the medium. It has been observed that noble metals exhibit this resonance within visible- near IR range, making them an attractive candidate for silicon solar cells whose primary absorption bands are in this region. Research in silicon-based plasmonic solar cells has utilized the high scattering cross section and favorable angular distributions of noble metal nanoparticle-scattered radiation to increase absorption of thin silicon devices, which are normally weakly absorbing for photons of energy below 2 eV. The interaction is subject to interface effects, interferences of scattered and incident radiation, and the dielectric nature of the embedding medium or surface. In addition, perturbations caused by the longitudinal field of the metal nanoparticle may theoretically enhance the direct interband transitions of free carriers near the particle surface, further enhancing the photocurrent. This latter possibility has yet to be fully explored experimentally in crystalline silicon photovoltaics.

scholarly journals Dependence of the Device Performance of Polymer Solar Cells on the Insertion of Metal Nanoparticle Layers at the Electron-collecting Electrodes

2017 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 272-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro MARUMOTO ◽  
Atsushi KOSUGA ◽  
Dong LIU ◽  
Osamu TAKEUCHI ◽  
Hidemi SHIGEKAWA
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Polymer Solar Cells ◽  
Metal Nanoparticle ◽  
Device Performance

scholarly journals Local photochemical plasmon mode tuning in metal nanoparticle arrays

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Derenko ◽  
René Kullock ◽  
Zhi Wu ◽  
Andrew Sarangan ◽  
Christiane Schuster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmon Mode ◽  
Metal Nanoparticle ◽  
Nanoparticle Arrays
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