NOVEL PLASMONIC MATERIALS TO IMPROVE THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS EFFICIENCY

被引：2

作者：

Saiprasad, N. ^{[1
]}

Boretti, A. ^{[2
]}

Rosa, L. ^{[3
,4
]}

Castelletto, S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] RMIT Univ, Sch Aerosp Mech & Mfg Engn, Bundoora, Vic, Australia

[2] W Virginia Univ, Benjamin M Statler Coll Engn & Mineral Resources, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn MAE, Morgantown, WV 26506 USA

[3] Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Microphoton H74, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia

[4] Univ Parma, Dept Informat Engn, I-43100 Parma, Italy

来源：

MICRO+NANO MATERIALS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS | 2015年 / 9668卷

关键词：

Solar cells; nanoparticles; plasmonic materials; localized surface polaritons (LSPs); AZO; GZO; ITO; TaN; HfN; TiN; ZrN; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOPARTICLES; TCO;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2202475

中图分类号：

TB3 [工程材料学];

学科分类号：

0805 ; 080502 ;

摘要：

Thin film solar cells have been widely studied with the focus on how to improve light trapping mechanism and enhance the overall photon-electrons conversion efficiency. The effect of novel plasmonic materials based on wide bandgap semiconductors, such as metals heavily doped zinc oxides and metal nitrides, are here studied in relation to their potential use in thin film solar cells. Here, we show that metal nitrides can play similar roles as gold nanoparticles on a surface of a Si-thin film solar cell, possibly without introducing excessive dissipative absorption, while metals doped zinc oxide nanoparticles could significantly improve the efficiency of thin film solar cells.

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