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WANG, BAOMIN, TONGCHUAN GAO, and PAUL W. LEU. "COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS." Nano LIFE 02, no. 02 (June 2012): 1230007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793984411000517.

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Simulation methods are vital to the development of next-generation solar cells such as plasmonic, organic, nanophotonic, and semiconductor nanostructure solar cells. Simulations are predictive of material properties such that they may be used to rapidly screen new materials and understand the physical mechanisms of enhanced performance. They can be used to guide experiments or to help understand results obtained in experiments. In this paper, we review simulation methods for modeling the classical optical and electronic transport properties of nanostructured solar cells. We discuss different techniques for light trapping with an emphasis on silicon nanostructures and silicon thin films integrated with nanophotonics and plasmonics.

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He, Jinna, Chunzhen Fan, Junqiao Wang, Yongguang Cheng, Pei Ding, and Erjun Liang. "Plasmonic Nanostructure for Enhanced Light Absorption in Ultrathin Silicon Solar Cells." Advances in OptoElectronics 2012 (November 5, 2012): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/592754.

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The performances of thin film solar cells are considerably limited by the low light absorption. Plasmonic nanostructures have been introduced in the thin film solar cells as a possible solution around this issue in recent years. Here, we propose a solar cell design, in which an ultrathin Si film covered by a periodic array of Ag strips is placed on a metallic nanograting substrate. The simulation results demonstrate that the designed structure gives rise to 170% light absorption enhancement over the full solar spectrum with respect to the bared Si thin film. The excited multiple resonant modes, including optical waveguide modes within the Si layer, localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Ag stripes, and surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) arising from the bottom grating, and the coupling effect between LSPR and SPP modes through an optimization of the array periods are considered to contribute to the significant absorption enhancement. This plasmonic solar cell design paves a promising way to increase light absorption for thin film solar cell applications.

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Kumawat, Uttam K., Kamal Kumar, Sumakesh Mishra, and Anuj Dhawan. "Plasmonic-enhanced microcrystalline silicon solar cells." Journal of the Optical Society of America B 37, no. 2 (January 29, 2020): 495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/josab.378946.

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Singh, Y. Premkumar, Amit Jain, and Avinashi Kapoor. "Localized Surface Plasmons Enhanced Light Transmission into c-Silicon Solar Cells." Journal of Solar Energy 2013 (July 24, 2013): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/584283.

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The paper investigates the light incoupling into c-Si solar cells due to the excitation of localized surface plasmon resonances in periodic metallic nanoparticles by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique. A significant enhancement of AM1.5G solar radiation transmission has been demonstrated by depositing nanoparticles of various metals on the upper surface of a semi-infinite Si substrate. Plasmonic nanostructures located close to the cell surface can scatter incident light efficiently into the cell. Al nanoparticles were found to be superior to Ag, Cu, and Au nanoparticles due to the improved transmission of light over almost the entire solar spectrum and, thus, can be a potential low-cost plasmonic metal for large-scale implementation of solar cells.

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Sabuktagin, Mohammed Shahriar, Khairus Syifa Hamdan, Khaulah Sulaiman, Rozalina Zakaria, and Harith Ahmad. "Long Wavelength Plasmonic Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Using Optical Lithography Compatible Core-Shell-Type Nanowires." International Journal of Photoenergy 2014 (2014): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/249476.

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Plasmonic properties of rectangular core-shell type nanowires embedded in thin film silicon solar cell structure were characterized using FDTD simulations. Plasmon resonance of these nanowires showed tunability from nm. However this absorption was significantly smaller than the Ohmic loss in the silver shell due to very low near-bandgap absorption properties of silicon. Prospect of improving enhanced absorption in silicon to Ohmic loss ratio by utilizing dual capability of these nanowires in boosting impurity photovoltaic effect and efficient extraction of the photogenerated carriers was discussed. Our results indicate that high volume fabrication capacity of optical lithography techniques can be utilized for plasmonic absorption enhancement in thin film silicon solar cells over the entire long wavelength range of solar radiation.

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Ho, Wen-Jeng, Guan-Yu Chen, and Jheng-Jie Liu. "Enhancing Photovoltaic Performance of Plasmonic Silicon Solar Cells with ITO Nanoparticles Dispersed in SiO2 Anti-Reflective Layer." Materials 12, no. 10 (May 16, 2019): 1614. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12101614.

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In this study, we sought to enhance the photovoltaic performance of silicon solar cells by coating them (via the spin-on film technique) with a layer of SiO2 containing plasmonic indium-tin-oxide nanoparticles (ITO-NPs) of various concentrations. We demonstrated that the surface plasmon resonance absorption, surface morphology, and transmittance of the ITO-NPs dispersed in SiO2 layer at various concentrations (1–7 wt%). We also assessed the plasmonic scattering effects of ITO-NPs within a layer of SiO2 with and without a sub-layer of ITO in terms of optical reflectance, external quantum efficiency, and photovoltaic current-voltage under air mass (AM) 1.5G solar simulation. Compared to an uncoated reference silicon solar cell, applying a layer of SiO2 containing 3 wt% ITO-NPs improved efficiency by 17.90%, whereas applying the same layer over a sub-layer of ITO improved efficiency by 33.27%, due to the combined effects of anti-reflection and plasmonic scattering.

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Mamykin, S., I. Mamontova, N. Kotova, O. Kondratenko, T. Barlas, V. Romanyuk, P. P. Smertenko, and N. Roshchina. "Nanocomposite solar cells based on organic/inorganic (clonidine/Si) heterojunction with plasmonic Au nanoparticles." Physics and Chemistry of Solid State 21, no. 3 (September 29, 2020): 390–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.15330/pcss.21.3.390-398.

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The peculiarities of optical and electrical properties of organic(clonidine)/inorganic(Si) heterojunction with plasmonic Au nanoparticles have been investigated by reflection spectra, photoelectric and current-voltage characteristics measurements. Porous nanostructured surfaces of silicon wafers were obtained by the method of selective chemical etching initiated by metal (gold) nanoparticles. Nanocomposites based on nanostructured silicon, clonidine and gold nanoparticles have been made. Two types of structure, namely, solar cells and photodiodes on the basis of such heterojunction were analysed. The reflection spectra of light confirmed the excitation of the plasmon mode in nanocomposites with gold nanoparticles. Photoelectric studies have shown an increase of the photocurrent of solar cells obtained as a result of using both nanostructured silicon and gold nanoparticles in 1.5 and 7 times, respectively. Study of the injection properties of the structures showed that the clonidine layer always facilitates the injection of current carriers, while gold nanoparticles limit the current in the case of a flat surface.

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Ho, Wen Jeng, Yi Yu Lee, and Yuan Tsz Chen. "Characterization of Plasmonic Silicon Solar Cells Using Indium Nanoparticles/TiO₂ Space Layer Structure." Advanced Materials Research 684 (April 2013): 16–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.684.16.

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We demonstrate experimentally the enhanced performance of the plasmonic silicon solar cell by using a nano-sized indium-particles and different thickness of TiO2 space layer structure. The optical reflectance, dark and photo current-voltage, and external quantum efficiency are measured and compared at each stages of processing. The conversion efficiencies enhancing of 17.78%, 27.5% and of 47.85% are obtained as the solar cell with indium nanoparticles on a 10-nm, a 30-nm and a 59.5-nm thick TiO2 space layer, respectively, compared to the solar cell without coated a TiO2 layer. Furthermore, the plasmonics conversion efficiency depend on the thickness of space layer are also demonstrated that the increasing by 15.46%, 12.1% and 6.08% for the solar cells with a 10-nm, 30-nm and 59.5-nm thick TiO2 space layer, respectively, were obtained.

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Gao, Tongchuan, Baomin Wang, and Paul W. Leu. "Plasmonic nanomesh sandwiches for ultrathin film silicon solar cells." Journal of Optics 19, no. 2 (December 30, 2016): 025901. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/19/2/025901.

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Ho, Wen-Jeng, Wei-Chen Lin, Jheng-Jie Liu, Hong-Jhang Syu, and Ching-Fuh Lin. "Enhancing the Performance of Textured Silicon Solar Cells by Combining Up-Conversion with Plasmonic Scattering." Energies 12, no. 21 (October 28, 2019): 4119. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12214119.

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This paper experimentally demonstrates the benefits of combining an up-conversion (UC) layer containing Yb/Er-doped yttrium oxide-based phosphors with a plasmonic scattering layer containing indium nanoparticles (In-NPs) in enhancing the photovoltaic performance of textured silicon solar cells. The optical emissions of the Yb/Er-doped phosphors were characterized using photoluminescence measurements obtained at room temperature. Optical microscope images and photo current-voltage curves were used to characterize the UC emissions of Yb/Er-doped phosphors under illumination from a laser diode with a wavelength of 1550 nm. The plasmonic effects of In NPs were assessed in terms of absorbance and Raman scattering. The performance of the textured solar cells was evaluated in terms of optical reflectance, external quantum efficiency, and photovoltaic performance. The analysis was performed on cells with and without a UC layer containing Yb/Er-doped yttrium oxide-based phosphors of various concentrations. The analysis was also performed on cells with a UC layer in conjunction with a plasmonic scattering layer. The absolute conversion efficiency of the textured silicon solar cell with a combination of up-conversion and plasmonic-scattering layers (15.43%) exceeded that of the cell with an up-conversion layer only (14.94%) and that of the reference cell (14.45%).

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Sun, Ruinan, Haoxin Fu, Jiang Wang, Yachun Wang, Xingchen Du, Haichuan Zhao, Chenliang Huo, and Kuiqing Peng. "Surface Plasmon Enhanced Light Trapping in Metal/Silicon Nanobowl Arrays for Thin Film Photovoltaics." Journal of Nanomaterials 2017 (2017): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4270794.

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Enhancing the light absorption in thin film silicon solar cells with nanophotonic and plasmonic structures is important for the realization of high efficiency solar cells with significant cost reduction. In this work, we investigate periodic arrays of conformal metal/silicon nanobowl arrays (MSNBs) for light trapping applications in silicon solar cells. They exhibited excellent light-harvesting ability across a wide range of wavelengths up to infrared regimes. The optimized structure (MSNBsH) covered by SiO2 passivation layer and hemisphere Ag back reflection layer has a maximal short-circuit density (Jsc) 25.5 mA/cm2, which is about 88.8% higher than flat structure counterpart, and the light-conversion efficiency (η) is increased two times from 6.3% to 12.6%. The double-side textures offer a promising approach to high efficiency ultrathin silicon solar cells.

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Firoozi, Arezoo, and Ahmad Mohammadi. "Design of plasmonic backcontact nanogratings for broadband and polarization-insensitive absorption enhancement in thin-film solar cell." International Journal of Modern Physics B 29, no. 17 (June 23, 2015): 1550111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217979215501118.

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We discuss the rules for designing nanostructured plasmonic backcontact of thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells using two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (2D-FDTD) method. A novel efficient quasi-periodic plasmonic nanograting is designed. Numerical calculations demonstrate that broadband and polarization-insensitive absorption enhancement is achieved by the proposed structure which is based on a supercell geometry containing N subcells in each of which there is one Ag nanowire deposited on the backcontact of the solar cell. The proposed structure offers the possibility of controlling the number and location of photonic and plasmonic modes and outperforms the periodic plasmonic nanogratings which only utilize plasmonic resonances. We start by tuning the plasmonic mode of one subcell and then construct the supercell based on the final design of the subcell. Our findings show that with a proper choice of key parameters of the nanograting, several photonic and plasmonic modes can be excited across the entire spectral region where crystalline silicon (c-Si) is absorbing. The absorption enhancement is significant, particularly in the long wavelength region where c-Si is weakly absorbing.

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Paetzold, U. W., E. Moulin, D. Michaelis, W. Böttler, C. Wächter, V. Hagemann, M. Meier, R. Carius, and U. Rau. "Plasmonic reflection grating back contacts for microcrystalline silicon solar cells." Applied Physics Letters 99, no. 18 (October 31, 2011): 181105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3657513.

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Sánchez de la Morena, S., G. Recio-Sánchez, V. Torres-Costa, and R. J. Martín-Palma. "Hybrid gold/porous silicon thin films for plasmonic solar cells." Scripta Materialia 74 (March 2014): 33–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2013.06.015.

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Pahud, Celine, Olindo Isabella, Ali Naqavi, Franz-Josef Haug, Miro Zeman, Hans Peter Herzig, and Christophe Ballif. "Plasmonic silicon solar cells: impact of material quality and geometry." Optics Express 21, S5 (July 16, 2013): A786. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.21.00a786.

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Crudgington, L. J., T. Rahman, and S. A. Boden. "Development of amorphous silicon solar cells with plasmonic light scattering." Vacuum 139 (May 2017): 164–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2016.12.026.

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El Daif, Ounsi, Lianming Tong, Bruno Figeys, Kris Van Nieuwenhuysen, Alexander Dmitriev, Pol Van Dorpe, Ivan Gordon, and Frederic Dross. "Front side plasmonic effect on thin silicon epitaxial solar cells." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 104 (September 2012): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2012.05.009.

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Khalifa, Ahmed E., and Mohamed A. Swillam. "Plasmonic silicon solar cells using titanium nitride: a comparative study." Journal of Nanophotonics 8, no. 1 (June 25, 2014): 084098. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.jnp.8.084098.

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Pudasaini, Pushpa Raj, and Arturo A. Ayon. "Nanostructured plasmonics silicon solar cells." Microelectronic Engineering 110 (October 2013): 126–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2013.02.104.

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Zhao, Song, Hua Zhou, Shu-Ying Wang, Han Fei, Si-Han Jiang, and Xiang-Qian Shen. "Design of high efficiency perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells based on plasmonic enhancement of metal nanosphere." Acta Physica Sinica 71, no. 3 (2022): 038801. http://dx.doi.org/10.7498/aps.71.20211585.

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Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells, by combining perovskite as a top absorber material and crystalline silicon as a bottom absorber material, can expand and enhance the utilization of solar spectrum. Therefore, such a tandem structure shows great potential to break through the Shockley-Queisser (SQ) limit of 31%－33% for single-junction (SJ) solar cells and is considered as one of the most promising approaches to achieving the higher performance in photoelectric conversion of solar cells. Reducing the optical losses from the surface and interfaces of cell device and making more photons propagate into the active layers are the key factors for achieving the goal. In this paper, the enhancement of spectral response and energy conversion efficiency of perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells depending on Au, Ag, Cu, Al nanosphere are studied by using the finite difference time domain method and rigorous coupled-wave analysis. The results show that owing to the introduction of metal nanosphere, the transmittance of photons propagating into the active material is promoted significantly. Therefore, the cell device achieves an apparent increase both in total absorbance and in quantum efficiency. The observed weighted average transmittance and energy conversion efficiency are increased from 73.16% and 23.09% to 79.15% and 24.97%, respectively, with an 8.14% improvement for the perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells coated with the optimized Al nanospheres.

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Elrashidi, Ali. "Light Harvesting in Silicon Nanowires Solar Cells by Using Graphene Layer and Plasmonic Nanoparticles." Applied Sciences 12, no. 5 (February 28, 2022): 2519. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12052519.

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In this work, a silicon nanowire solar cell for efficient light harvesting in the visible and near-infrared regions is introduced. In this structure, the silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are coated with a graphene layer and plasmonic nanoparticles are distributed on the top surface of the silicon substrate layer. The proposed structure is simulated using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method to determine the performance of the solar cell by calculating the open-circuit voltage, fill factor, short-circuit current density, and power conversion efficiency. The absorbed light energy is compared for different nanoparticle materials, namely Au, Ag, Al, and Cu, and Au NPs give the best performance. Different values of the radius of the Au NP are simulated, namely 30, 40, 50, and 60 nm, to determine the optimum radius, and the effect of excess carrier concentration on the solar cell performance is also tested. The obtained open-circuit voltage is 0.63 V, fill factor is 0.73, short-circuit current density is 41.7 mA/cm2, and power conversion efficiency is 19.0%. The proposed SiNW solar cell improves the overall efficiency by almost 60%. Furthermore, the effects of the NW length and distance between NWs are also studied in this work. Finally, the distribution of the optical power in different layers along the solar cell and for different solar cell structures is also illustrated in this paper.

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Pattnaik, Sambit, Nayan Chakravarty, Rana Biswas, D. Slafer, and Vikram Dalal. "Light-trapping in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with a Combination of Periodic and Randomly Textured Back-reflectors." MRS Proceedings 1426 (2012): 117–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/opl.2012.888.

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ABSTRACTLight trapping is essential to harvest long wavelength red and near-infrared photons in thin film silicon solar cells. Traditionally light trapping has been achieved with a randomly roughened Ag/ZnO back reflector, which scatters incoming light uniformly through all angles, and enhances currents and cell efficiencies over a flat back reflector. A new approach using periodically textured photonic-plasmonic arrays has been recently shown to be very promising for harvesting long wavelength photons, through diffraction of light and plasmonic light concentration. Here we investigate the combination of these two approaches of random scattering and plasmonic effects to increase cell performance even further. An array of periodic conical back reflectors was fabricated by nanoimprint lithography and coated with Ag. These back reflectors were systematically annealed to generate different amounts of random texture, at smaller spatial scales, superimposed on a larger scale periodic texture. nc-Si solar cells were grown on flat, periodic photonic-plasmonic substrates, and randomly roughened photonic-plasmonic substrates. There were large improvements (>20%) in the current and light absorption of the photonic-plasmonic substrates relative to flat. The additional random features introduced on the photonic-plasmonic substrates did not improve the current and light absorption further, over a large range of randomization features.

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Bist, Anup, Bishweshwar Pant, Gunendra Prasad Ojha, Jiwan Acharya, Mira Park, and Prem Singh Saud. "Novel Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells: Efficiency, Stability, and Future Perspectives." Nanomaterials 13, no. 11 (May 24, 2023): 1724. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13111724.

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Solar energy is regarded as the finest clean and green energy generation method to replace fossil fuel-based energy and repair environmental harm. The more expensive manufacturing processes and procedures required to extract the silicon utilized in silicon solar cells may limit their production and general use. To overcome the barriers of silicon, a new energy-harvesting solar cell called perovskite has been gaining widespread attention around the world. The perovskites are scalable, flexible, cost-efficient, environmentally benign, and easy to fabricate. Through this review, readers may obtain an idea about the different generations of solar cells and their comparative advantages and disadvantages, working mechanisms, energy alignment of the various materials, and stability achieved by applying variable temperature, passivation, and deposition methods. Furthermore, it also provides information on novel materials such as carbonaceous, polymeric, and nanomaterials that have been employed in perovskite solar in terms of the different ratios of doping and composite and their optical, electrical, plasmonic, morphological, and crystallinity properties in terms of comparative solar parameters. In addition, information on current trends and future commercialization possibilities of perovskite solar have been briefly discussed based on reported data by other researchers.

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Kołodziej, Andrzej, Michał Kołodziej, and Tomasz Kołodziej. "Thin Film Hybrid Structures Perovskite and Silicon Photovoltaic Cells." Science, Technology and Innovation 2, no. 1 (June 28, 2018): 27–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.1385.

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The world economy needs new breakthrough in the technological and material efficiency and costs in the manufactured solar cells. The authors present new studies on triple junction photo voltaic structures using nano-technological solutions. The system of the amorphous a-Si:H sandwich with the scattered light particles, the plasmonic nano Si in the a-Si:H matrix structure and the silicon-germanium sandwich on the multi ZnO layer electrode- reflector was made and studied in detail.

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Elrashidi, Ali, and Khaled Elleithy. "High-Efficiency Crystalline Silicon-Based Solar Cells Using Textured TiO2 Layer and Plasmonic Nanoparticles." Nanomaterials 12, no. 9 (May 7, 2022): 1589. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano12091589.

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A high-efficiency crystalline silicon-based solar cell in the visible and near-infrared regions is introduced in this paper. A textured TiO2 layer grown on top of the active silicon layer and a back reflector with gratings are used to enhance the solar cell performance. The given structure is simulated using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method to determine the solar cell’s performance. The simulation toolbox calculates the short circuit current density by solving Maxwell’s equation, and the open-circuit voltage will be calculated numerically according to the material parameters. Hence, each simulation process calculates the fill factor and power conversion efficiency numerically. The optimization of the crystalline silicon active layer thickness and the dimensions of the back reflector grating are given in this work. The grating period structure of the Al back reflector is covered with a graphene layer to improve the absorption of the solar cell, where the periodicity, height, and width of the gratings are optimized. Furthermore, the optimum height of the textured TiO2 layer is simulated to produce the maximum efficiency using light absorption and short circuit current density. In addition, plasmonic nanoparticles are distributed on the textured surface to enhance the light absorption, with different radii, with radius 50, 75, 100, and 125 nm. The absorbed light energy for different nanoparticle materials, Au, Ag, Al, and Cu, are simulated and compared to determine the best performance. The obtained short circuit current density is 61.9 ma/cm2, open-circuit voltage is 0.6 V, fill factor is 0.83, and the power conversion efficiency is 30.6%. The proposed crystalline silicon solar cell improves the short circuit current density by almost 89% and the power conversion efficiency by almost 34%.

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Yakubov, Komiljon, Jaksilik Zhanabergenov, Sharibay Turemuratov, and Usnatdin Ernazarov. "Study of plasmonic effect in silicon solar cells with silver nanoparticles." Nanomaterials and Energy 4, no. 2 (December 2015): 105–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jnaen.15.00003.

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Radder, Chetan. "Plasmonic technique for light trapping enhancement in amorphous silicon solar cells." International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology 42, no. 7 (December 25, 2016): 377–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.14445/22315381/ijett-v42p267.

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Yakubov, K., Sh Turemuratov, Zh Zhanabergenov, and U. Ernazarov. "Study of plasmonic effect in silicon solar cells with silver nanoparticles." Nanomaterials and Energy 4, July–December (July 1, 2015): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/nme.15.00003.

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Xiao, Sanshui. "Ultrathin silicon solar cells with enhanced photocurrents assisted by plasmonic nanostructures." Journal of Nanophotonics 6, no. 1 (March 12, 2012): 061503. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.jnp.6.061503.

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Wang, Yang, Tianyi Sun, Trilochan Paudel, Yi Zhang, Zhifeng Ren, and Krzysztof Kempa. "Metamaterial-Plasmonic Absorber Structure for High Efficiency Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells." Nano Letters 12, no. 1 (December 23, 2011): 440–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl203763k.

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Park, JongSung, Jing Rao, Taekyun Kim, and Sergey Varlamov. "Highest Efficiency Plasmonic Polycrystalline Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cells by Optimization of Plasmonic Nanoparticle Fabrication." Plasmonics 8, no. 2 (March 16, 2013): 1209–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9534-x.

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Ho, Wen-Jeng, Jheng-Jie Liu, Yun-Chieh Yang, and Chun-Hung Ho. "Enhancing Output Power of Textured Silicon Solar Cells by Embedding Indium Plasmonic Nanoparticles in Layers within Antireflective Coating." Nanomaterials 8, no. 12 (December 4, 2018): 1003. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8121003.

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In this study, we sought to enhance the output power and conversion efficiency of textured silicon solar cells by layering two-dimensional indium nanoparticles (In NPs) within a double-layer (SiNx/SiO2) antireflective coating (ARC) to induce plasmonic forward scattering. The plasmonic effects were characterized using Raman scattering, absorbance spectra, optical reflectance, and external quantum efficiency. We compared the optical and electrical performance of cells with and without single layers and double layers of In NPs. The conversion efficiency of the cell with a double layer of In NPs (16.97%) was higher than that of the cell with a single layer of In NPs (16.61%) and greatly exceeded that of the cell without In NPs (16.16%). We also conducted a comprehensive study on the light-trapping performance of the textured silicon solar cells with and without layers of In NPs within the double layer of ARC at angles from 0° to 75°. The total electrical output power of cells under air mass (AM) 1.5 G illumination was calculated. The application of a double layer of In NPs enabled an impressive 53.42% improvement in electrical output power (compared to the cell without NPs) thanks to the effects of plasmonic forward scattering.

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Tang, Chaojun, Zhendong Yan, Qiugu Wang, Jing Chen, Mingwei Zhu, Bo Liu, Fanxin Liu, and Chenghua Sui. "Ultrathin amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells by magnetic plasmonic metamaterial absorbers." RSC Advances 5, no. 100 (2015): 81866–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ra15177e.

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Energy harvesting in metamaterial-based solar cells containing an ultrathin α-Si film sandwiched between a silver (Ag) substrate and a square array of Ag nanodisks and combined with an indium tin oxide (ITO) anti-reflection layer is investigated.

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Saravanan, Sigamani, and Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey. "PERFORMANCE OF ULTRATHIN AMORPHOUS SILICON SOLAR CELLS: AN INFLUENCE OF PLASMONIC EFFECT." Progress In Electromagnetics Research M 112 (2022): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2528/pierm22020901.

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Akimov, Yu A., and W. S. Koh. "Resonant and nonresonant plasmonic nanoparticle enhancement for thin-film silicon solar cells." Nanotechnology 21, no. 23 (May 13, 2010): 235201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/21/23/235201.

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Paetzold, Ulrich W., Etienne Moulin, Bart E. Pieters, Reinhard Carius, and Uwe Rau. "Design of nanostructured plasmonic back contacts for thin-film silicon solar cells." Optics Express 19, S6 (October 12, 2011): A1219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.19.0a1219.

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Santbergen, R., T. L. Temple, R. Liang, A. H. M. Smets, R. A. C. M. M. van Swaaij, and M. Zeman. "Application of plasmonic silver island films in thin-film silicon solar cells." Journal of Optics 14, no. 2 (January 12, 2012): 024010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/14/2/024010.

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Starowicz, Z., M. Lipiński, K. Berent, R. Socha, K. Szczepanowicz, and T. Kruk. "Antireflection TiO x Coating with Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles for Silicon Solar Cells." Plasmonics 8, no. 1 (July 7, 2012): 41–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11468-012-9412-y.

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Pattnaik, S., N. Chakravarty, R. Biswas, V. Dalal, and D. Slafer. "Nano-photonic and nano-plasmonic enhancements in thin film silicon solar cells." Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 129 (October 2014): 115–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.010.

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van Lare, M., F. Lenzmann, M. A. Verschuuren, and A. Polman. "Mode coupling by plasmonic surface scatterers in thin-film silicon solar cells." Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 22 (November 26, 2012): 221110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4767997.

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Fahim, Narges F., Zi Ouyang, Baohua Jia, Yinan Zhang, Zhengrong Shi, and Min Gu. "Enhanced photocurrent in crystalline silicon solar cells by hybrid plasmonic antireflection coatings." Applied Physics Letters 101, no. 26 (December 24, 2012): 261102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773038.

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Ren, Rui, Yongxin Guo, and Rihong Zhu. "Design of a plasmonic back reflector for silicon nanowire decorated solar cells." Optics Letters 37, no. 20 (October 9, 2012): 4245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.37.004245.

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Lu, Yalin, J. F. Sell, M. D. Johnson, K. Reinhardt, and R. J. Knize. "Adding a thin metallic plasmonic layer to silicon thin film solar cells." physica status solidi (c) 8, no. 3 (December 17, 2010): 843–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201000224.

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Nguyen, Ha Trang, Thanh Thao Tran, Vishwa Bhatt, Manjeet Kumar, Jinwon Song, and Ju-Hyung Yun. "Enhancement of Schottky Junction Silicon Solar Cell with CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Decorated Metal Nanostructures." Applied Sciences 12, no. 1 (December 22, 2021): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app12010083.

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Recently, in the solar energy society, several key technologies have been reported to meet a grid parity, such as cost-efficient materials, simple processes, and designs. Among them, the assistive plasmonic of metal nanoparticles (MNPs) integrating with the downshifting on luminescent materials attracts much attention. Hereby, Si-based Schottky junction solar cells are fabricated and examined to enhance the performance. CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with different gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) sizes were incorporated on a Si light absorbing layer. Due to the light scattering effect from plasmonic resonance, the sole Au NPs layer results in the overall enhancement of Si solar cell’s efficiency in the visible spectrum. However, the back-scattering and high reflectance of Au NPs lead to efficiency loss in the UV region. Therefore, the QDs layer acting as a luminescent downshifter is deployed for further efficiency enhancement. The QDs layer absorbs high-energy photons and re-emits lower energy photons in 528 nm of wavelength. Such a downshift layer can enhance the overall efficiency of Si solar cells due to poor intrinsic spectral response in the UV region. The optical properties of Au NPs and CdSe QDs, along with the electrical properties of solar cells in combination with Au/QD layers, are studied in depth. Moreover, the influence of Au NPs size on the solar cell performance has been investigated. Upon decreasing the diameters of Au NPs, the blueshift of absorbance has been observed, cooperating with QDs, which leads to the improvement of the quantum efficiency in the broadband of the solar spectrum.

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Pillai, S., K. R. Catchpole, T. Trupke, and M. A. Green. "Surface plasmon enhanced silicon solar cells." Journal of Applied Physics 101, no. 9 (May 2007): 093105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2734885.

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Zhang, Yinan, Boyuan Cai, and Baohua Jia. "Ultraviolet Plasmonic Aluminium Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Light Incoupling on Silicon Solar Cells." Nanomaterials 6, no. 6 (May 24, 2016): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano6060095.

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Palanchoke, Ujwol, Vladislav Jovanov, Henning Kurz, Philipp Obermeyer, Helmut Stiebig, and Dietmar Knipp. "Plasmonic effects in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells with metal back contacts." Optics Express 20, no. 6 (March 5, 2012): 6340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.006340.

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Ho, Chung-I., Dan-Ju Yeh, Vin-Cent Su, Chieh-Hung Yang, Po-Chuan Yang, Ming-Yi Pu, Chieh-Hsiung Kuan, I.-Chun Cheng, and Si-Chen Lee. "Plasmonic multilayer nanoparticles enhanced photocurrent in thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells." Journal of Applied Physics 112, no. 2 (July 15, 2012): 023113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4739289.

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Tran, Hong Nhung, Van Hieu Nguyen, Bich Ha Nguyen, and Dinh Lam Vu. "Light trapping and plasmonic enhancement in silicon, dye-sensitized and titania solar cells." Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 7, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 013001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2043-6262/7/1/013001.

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Gao, Tongchuan, Erica Stevens, Jung-kun Lee, and Paul W. Leu. "Designing metal hemispheres on silicon ultrathin film solar cells for plasmonic light trapping." Optics Letters 39, no. 16 (August 4, 2014): 4647. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.39.004647.

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