Advanced plasmonic interfaces for optimized light trapping in photovoltaics

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2017-02-25

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SALEH, Z. M.
NASSER, HİSHAM
ÖZKOL, ENGİN
Bek, Alpan
Turan, Raşit

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Plasmonic interfaces are integrated to photovoltaic devices to enhance light trapping and improve efficiency. The optimum thickness of the spacer layer used to passivate the absorber layer and adjust its distance from the metal nanoparticles remains unclear. We integrate plasmonic interfaces consisting of Ag nanoparticles and silicon nitride spacers of different thicknesses to the back of a-Si:H absorber to investigate the optimum thickness of the spacer layer and use the photocurrent in a-Si:H to indicate the enhancement in light-trapping. For integration to the back or front of the device, the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is shifted and broadened into the red with increased spacer layer thickness and the effect is more pronounced for integration to the back. An appreciable enhancement of photocurrent in a-Si:H is consistent with this broadening of LSPR and has a critical dependence on spacer layer thickness.

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General Physics and Astronomy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36596

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/869/1/012043

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Z. M. SALEH, H. NASSER, E. ÖZKOL, A. Bek, and R. Turan, “Advanced plasmonic interfaces for optimized light trapping in photovoltaics,” 2017, vol. 869, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36596.