Throughout human history, the control of light, electricity and heat has evolved to become
the cornerstone of various innovations and developments in electrical and electromagnetic …

The renewable power industry is currently experiencing a rapid growth led by photovoltaic
systems because of advances in materials science and cost reductions in processing …

Enhancement of the electromagnetic properties of metallic nanostructures constitute an
extensive research field related to plasmonics. The latter term is derived from plasmons …

Hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) solar cells have some performance limitations
related to the mobility and lifetime of their carriers. For this reason, it is interesting to explore …

Thin film solar cells (TFSCs) suffer from poor light absorption due to their small thickness,
which limits most of their practical applications. Surface plasmons generated by plasmonic …

Here, to obtain high efficiency in a thin film amorphous silicon solar cell, a dual metallic
plasmonic back reflector was investigated. The designed dual metal plasmonic back …

Improving the solar cell's ability to capture solar photons and enhancing its absorption of
light have a significant impact on increasing the photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) of …

Metamaterials as artificially designed materials possess unique properties due to their
geometrical design. Metamaterial absorbers (MMAs) are composites made up of multiple …

The metasurfaces based on nanostructure film play an important role in many fields. Usually,
the properties and functions of metasurfaces are limited by their structure. Once the …

This paper reports on absorption properties of thin films of hydrogenated amorphous and
microcrystalline silicon considered for absorption-based applications, such as solar cell …