• DocumentCode
    2299111
  • Title

    Embedded Ag@SiO2 nanoparticles for enhanced solar absorption in thin film photovoltaics

  • Author

    Harrison, R.K. ; Ben-Yakar, Adela

  • Author_Institution
    Mech. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    We analytically determine the contribution of plasmonic nanospheres embedded in absorbing media to total optical absorption. We estimate gains of ~30% for a 1 μm μc-Si solar cell using 54 nm silica-coated silver nanoparticles.
  • Keywords
    light absorption; nanoparticles; plasmonics; silicon compounds; silver; solar cells; thin film devices; embedded nanoparticles; enhanced solar absorption; optical absorption; plasmonic nanospheres; silica-coated silver nanoparticles; size 54 nm; solar cell; thin film photovoltaics; Absorption; Nanoparticles; Optical scattering; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Silicon; light-trapping; nanoparticles; photovoltaics; plasmonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358487
  • Filename
    6358487
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2299111