Plasmonic effect of gold nanoparticles in organic solar cells

M Notarianni, K Vernon, A Chou, M Aljada, J Liu… - Solar Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Light trapping, due to the embedding of metallic nanoparticles, has been shown to be
beneficial for a better photoabsorption in organic solar cells. Researchers in plasmonics and …

Nanostructure arrays in free-space: optical properties and applications

S Collin - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Dielectric and metallic gratings have been studied for more than a century. Nevertheless,
novel optical phenomena and fabrication techniques have emerged recently and have …

Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells

MA Green, S Pillai - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
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Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with improved self-assembled silver nanoparticles

H Tan, R Santbergen, AHM Smets, M Zeman - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic metal nanoparticles are of great interest for light trapping in thin-film silicon solar
cells. In this Letter, we demonstrate experimentally that a back reflector with plasmonic Ag …

Nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

S Mokkapati, KR Catchpole - Journal of applied physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Nanophotonic light trapping for solar cells is an exciting field that has seen exponential
growth in the last few years. There has been a growing appreciation for solar energy as a …

[PDF][PDF] Development of physical models for the simulation of optical properties of solar cell modules

MR Vogt - 2016 - researchgate.net
More than 5% of the electrical power in Germany were gained by photovoltaic energy
conversion for the first time in 2013. Consequently, solar energy research now focuses on …

Numerical modeling of sub-wavelength anti-reflective structures for solar module applications

K Han, CH Chang - Nanomaterials, 2014 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the current progress in mathematical modeling of anti-reflective
subwavelength structures. Methods covered include effective medium theory (EMT), finite …

Scalable nano-architecture for stable near-blackbody solar absorption at high temperatures

Y Guo, K Tsuda, S Hosseini, Y Murakami… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Light trapping enhancement by nanostructures is ubiquitous in engineering applications, for
example, in improving highly-efficient concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies …

Finite-temperature plasmons, damping, and collective behavior in the model

A Iurov, L Zhemchuzhna, G Gumbs, D Huang, D Dahal… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We have conducted a thorough theoretical and numerical investigation of the electronic
susceptibility, the polarizability, the plasmon modes and their damping rates, and the static …

High‐efficiency polymer solar cells achieved by doping plasmonic metallic nanoparticles into dual charge selecting interfacial layers to enhance light trapping

X Yang, CC Chueh, CZ Li, HL Yip, P Yin… - Advanced Energy …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Significantly increased power conversion efficiency (PCE) of polymer solar cells (PSCs) is
achieved by applying a plasmonic enhanced light trapping strategy to a low bandgap …