scholarly journals Mechanism of optical absorption enhancement in thin film organic solar cells with plasmonic metal nanoparticles

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 24795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Qu ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Yidong Huang ◽  
Wanlu Xie ◽  
Qi Xu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Absorption Enhancement

Enhancement of optical absorption in thin-film organic solar cells through the excitation of plasmonic modes in metallic gratings

2010 ◽  
Vol 96 (13) ◽  
pp. 133302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changjun Min ◽  
Jennifer Li ◽  
Georgios Veronis ◽  
Jung-Yong Lee ◽  
Shanhui Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Metallic Gratings

Efficient optical absorption enhancement in organic solar cells by using a 2-dimensional periodic light trapping structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (24) ◽  
pp. 243904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Shuo Zu ◽  
Xiao-Bo Shi ◽  
Jian Liang ◽  
Mei-Feng Xu ◽  
Chun-Sing Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Absorption Enhancement

scholarly journals Absorption enhancement in thin-film organic solar cells through electric and magnetic resonances in optical metamaterial

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 1954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Weizhong Zhou ◽  
Shang Sun ◽  
Ningbo Yi ◽  
Qinghai Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Magnetic Resonances

scholarly journals Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Films and Solar Cell Precursors Using the Aluminum-Induced Glass Texturing Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasim Sahraei ◽  
Selvaraj Venkataraj ◽  
Premachandran Vayalakkara ◽  
Armin G. Aberle
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Absorber Layer ◽  
Silicon Films ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Solar Cell Efficiency ◽  
Cell Efficiency

One of the key issues of thin-film silicon solar cells is their limited optical absorptance due to the thin absorber layer and the low absorption coefficient for near-infrared wavelengths. Texturing of one or more interfaces in the layered structure of these cells is an important technique to scatter light and enhance the optical pathlength. This in turn enhances the optical absorption of the solar radiation in the absorber layer and improves the solar cell efficiency. In this paper we investigate the effects of textured glass superstrate surfaces on the optical absorptance of intrinsic a-Si:H films and a-Si:Hp-i-nthin-film solar cell precursors deposited onto them. The silicon-facing surface of the glass sheets was textured with the aluminium-induced glass texturing method (AIT method). Absorption in both intrinsic silicon films and solar cell precursor structures is found to increase strongly due to the textured glass superstrate. The increased absorption due to the AIT glass opens up the possibility to reduce the absorber layer thickness of a-Si:H solar cells.

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