Plasmonic nanostructures for light trapping in thin-film solar cells

S Morawiec, MJ Mendes, F Priolo, I Crupi - Materials Science in …, 2019 - Elsevier
The optical properties of localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) sustained by self-
assembled silver nanoparticles are of great interest for enhancing light trapping in thin film …

Harnessing plasmonics for solar cells

MA Green, S Pillai - Nature photonics, 2012 - nature.com
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Exceeding the limit of plasmonic light trapping in textured screen-printed solar cells using Al nanoparticles and wrinkle-like graphene sheets

X Chen, B Jia, Y Zhang, M Gu - Light: Science & Applications, 2013 - nature.com
The solar cell market is predominantly based on textured screen-printed solar cells. Due to
parasitic absorption in nanostructures, using plasmonic processes to obtain an …

Effects of plasmonic metal core-dielectric shell nanoparticles on the broadband light absorption enhancement in thin film solar cells

P Yu, Y Yao, J Wu, X Niu, AL Rogach, Z Wang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
To guide the design of plasmonic solar cells, theoretical investigation of core (metal)-shell
(dielectric) nanoparticles for light absorption enhancement in thin film Si solar cells is …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmon enhanced light trapping in thin film GaAs solar cells by Al nanoparticle array

G Singh, SS Verma - Physics Letters A, 2019 - Elsevier
Light trapping is a crucial factor to enhance the performance of thin film solar cells. For
effective light trapping, we introduced Al nanoparticle array on the top and rear surface of …

Surface-Functionalized Au–Pd nanorods with enhanced photothermal conversion and catalytic performance

Y Zhao, RM Sarhan, A Eljarrat… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic nanostructures comprising plasmonic and catalytic components have recently
emerged as a promising approach to generate a new type of photo-enhanced nanoreactors …

Self-assembled silver nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced solar cell back reflectors: correlation between structural and optical properties

S Morawiec, MJ Mendes, S Mirabella, F Simone… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The spectra of localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) in self-assembled silver
nanoparticles (NPs), prepared by solid-state dewetting of thin films, are discussed in terms of …

Plasmonic effects in ultrathin amorphous silicon solar cells: performance improvements with Ag nanoparticles on the front, the back, and both

JD Winans, C Hungerford, K Shome, LJ Rothberg… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) solar cells that are free-standing over a
2x2 mm area have been fabricated with thicknesses of 150 nm, 100 nm, and 60 nm. Silver …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of plasmonic Aluminum nanoparticles shapes on optical absorption enhancement in silicon thin-film solar cells

M Rassekh, R Shirmohammadi, R Ghasempour… - Physics Letters A, 2021 - Elsevier
Scattering from metal nanoparticles near their localized plasmon resonance; especially, the
resonances of noble metals which are mostly in the visible or infrared part of the …

Giant optical pathlength enhancement in plasmonic thin film solar cells using core-shell nanoparticles

P Yu, F Zhang, Z Li, Z Zhong, A Govorov… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, a finite-difference time-domain method is adopted to investigate the light
scattering properties of core (metal)-shell (dielectric) nanoparticles, with varying shell …