• DocumentCode
    682984
  • Title

    Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells with Au nanoparticles

  • Author

    Islam, Kaidul ; Alnuaimi, Aaesha ; Okyay, A.K. ; Nayfeh, Ammar

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Center for Future Energy Syst. (iFES), Masdar Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    16-21 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1873
  • Lastpage
    1876
  • Abstract
    In this work, the effect of Au nanoparticles on the performance of a-Si:H solar cells is investigated experimentally. Au nanoparticles of 10, 20, 50, 80, 100, 200 and 400 nm are spin coated on ITO before metallization. The results show an increase in the Jsc and efficiency with increasing nanoparticle size. The Jsc increases from 9.34 mA/cm2 to 10.1 mA/cm2. In addition, the efficiency increases from 4.28% to 5.01%.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; gold; hydrogen; metallisation; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; silicon; solar cells; spin coating; thin films; Au-Si:H; efficiency 4.28 percent to 5.01 percent; metallization; nanoparticle; size 10 nm; size 100 nm; size 20 nm; size 200 nm; size 400 nm; size 50 nm; size 80 nm; spin coating; thin film solar cell; Absorption; Gold; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Scattering; amorphous Si; nanoparticles; photovoltaics; plasmonics; solar cells; thin film;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th
  • Conference_Location
    Tampa, FL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744508
  • Filename
    6744508
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=682984