Plasmonic semiconductors: materials, tunability and applications

Y Guo, Z Xu, AG Curto, YJ Zeng… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Semiconductor plasmonics has become a frontier for light manipulation beyond the
diffraction limit, offering a broader spectral range and higher flexibility of plasmon …

Application of plasmonics in solar cell efficiency improvement: a brief review on recent progress

P Mandal - Plasmonics, 2022 - Springer
We need electrical energy for our various daily life activities, and the existing fossil fuel will
serve the purpose for a limited period only. Therefore, we need to look at alternate energy …

Titanium nitride (TiN) as a promising alternative to plasmonic metals: a comprehensive review of synthesis and applications

U Mahajan, M Dhonde, K Sahu, P Ghosh… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Titanium nitride (TiN), a prominent transition metal nitride (TMN), has garnered significant
attention due to its exceptional characteristics and versatile applications in modern …

Bifunctional biomorphic SiC ceramics embedded molten salts for ultrafast thermal and solar energy storage

Q Xu, X Liu, Q Luo, Y Song, H Wang, M Chen… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase change materials (PCMs) are regarded as one of the most promising candidates for
thermal energy storage due to possessing large energy storage densities and maintaining …

[HTML][HTML] Research progress of plasmonic nanostructure-enhanced photovoltaic solar cells

A Ali, F El-Mellouhi, A Mitra, B Aïssa - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Enhancement of the electromagnetic properties of metallic nanostructures constitute an
extensive research field related to plasmonics. The latter term is derived from plasmons …

Light trapping using a dimer of spherical nanoparticles based on titanium nitride for plasmonic solar cells

N Akhtary, A Zubair - Optical Materials Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Light-trapping mechanisms with plasmonics are an excellent way to increase the efficiency
of photovoltaics. Plasmonic dimer-shaped nanoparticles are effective in light absorption and …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmonic group IVB transition metal nitrides: Fabrication methods and applications in biosensing, photovoltaics and photocatalysis

BN Günaydın, AO Çetinkaya, M Torabfam… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review paper focuses on group IVB transition metal nitrides (TMNs) such as titanium
nitride (TiN), zirconium nitride (ZrN), and hafnium nitride (HfN) and as alternative plasmonic …

Numerical study of plasmonic effects of Ag nanoparticles embedded in the active layer on performance polymer organic solar cells

L Shabani, A Mohammadi, T Jalali - Plasmonics, 2022 - Springer
In this paper, the light absorption in the active layer of polymer solar cells (OPV) by using
plasmonic nanocrystals with a hexagonal lattice structure is investigated. To study the …

A review of alkali tungsten bronze nanoparticles for applications in plasmonics

L Tegg, VJ Keast - Plasmonics, 2023 - Springer
The optimal material for plasmonic applications is an electrical conductor with low damping
losses, high chemical and thermal stability, simple low-cost synthetic methods, and a …

Versatile photonic band gap materials for water desalination

H Sayed, TF Krauss, AH Aly - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we have obtained a novel way using photonic crystals by theoretical studies to
water desalination. Here, in the present design, we are coupling between pyramids and …