• DocumentCode
    688973
  • Title

    Limits on nanophotonic solar cell light trapping in the presence of parasitic losses

  • Author

    Raman, Ashok ; Shanhui Fan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We rigorously determine the effect of parasitic loss on the achievable absorption enhancement in nanophotonic, plasmonic light trapping schemes. We show that, even in the presence of parasitic loss, opportunities exist to exceed conventional limits.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; optical losses; radiation pressure; solar cells; absorption enhancement; nanophotonic solar cell light trapping; parasitic losses; plasmonic light trapping schemes; Absorption; Damping; Materials; Metals; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833353