Title :
ITO spacer for optimized plasmonic enhancement of aluminium nanocubes on a-Si solar cells
Author :
Veenkamp, Ryan ; Ye, Winnie N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We examine the enhancement effects of switching from silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs)to nonresonant aluminium (Al) NPs on light absorption in a-Si solar cells. Al nanocubes on ITO spacer increase absorbed power by 24.3% over a cell with Ag nanocubes and 19.4% over a bare cell.
Keywords :
aluminium; amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; indium compounds; light absorption; nanoparticles; plasmonics; silicon; solar cells; tin compounds; Al-ITO-Si; ITO spacer; absorbed power; aluminium nanocubes; light absorption; nonresonant aluminium nanoparticles; optimized plasmonic enhancement; solar cells; Absorption; Aluminum; Indium tin oxide; Materials; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961975
