Improving the optical properties of thin film plasmonic solar cells of InP absorber layer using nanowires

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作者：

Nematpour, Abedin ^{[1
]}

Nikoufard, Mahmoud ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Kashan, Nanosci & Nanotechnol Res Ctr, Dept Nanoelect, Kashan, Iran

[2] Univ Kashan, Fac Elect & Comp Engn, Dept Elect, Kashan 8731751167, Iran

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANO DIMENSION | 2020年 / 11卷 / 03期

关键词：

Efficiency; InP Material; Light Trapping; Nanowire; Plasmonic Solar Cell; Short-Circuit Current Density; ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY; ENHANCEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURE; IMPROVEMENT; DESIGN;

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中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

In this paper, a thin-film InP-based solar cell designed and simulated. The proposed InP solar cell has a periodic array of plasmonic back-reflector, which consists of a silver layer and two silver nanowires. The indium tin oxide (ITO) layer also utilized as an anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer on top. The design creates a light-trapping structure by using a plasmonic back-reflector and an anti-reflection coating layer on top, which increase the light absorption in the solar cell. The enhancement of light trapping was observed in the proposed configuration of the solar cell with an 1000 nm thick InP absorption layer, which improved the short-circuit current density and efficiency. The highest short-circuit current density and efficiency were determined 32.07 mA/cm(2) and 26.6%, respectively, for the nanowire radiuses of R-1 =50 nm and R-2 = 120 nm. Therefore, this structure improves the ultimate efficiency of 38% compared with the InP-based solar cells counterparts.

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页码：290 / 298

页数：9

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