• DocumentCode
    3376262
  • Title

    Plasmon-enhanced absorption and photocurrent in ultrathin GaAs solar cells with metallic nanostructures

  • Author

    Tanabe, Katsuaki ; Nakayama, Keisuke ; Atwater, Harry A.

  • Author_Institution
    Thomas J. Watson Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, USA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    11-16 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Metallic nanostructures can excite surface plasmons and can dramatically increase the optical path length in thin active photovoltaic layers to enhance overall photoabsorption. This effect has potential for cost and weight reduction with thinned layers and also for efficiency enhancement associated with increased carrier excitation level in the absorber layer.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Gallium arsenide; Nanostructures; Photoconductivity; Photovoltaic cells;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2008. PVSC '08. 33rd IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    0160-8371
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1640-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0160-8371
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922457
  • Filename
    4922457
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3376262