Effect of surface type on structural and optical properties of Ag nanoparticles formed by dewetting

2013-09-09
Tanyeli, Irem
Nasser, Hisham
ES, FIRAT
Bek, Alpan
Turan, Raşit
Integration of an array of Ag nanoparticles in solar cells is expected to increase light trapping through field enhancement and plasmonic scattering. Requirement of Ag nanoparticle decoration of cell surfaces or interfaces at the macro-scale, calls for a self-organized fabrication method such as thermal dewetting. Optical properties of a 2D array of Ag nanoparticles are known to be very sensitive to their shape and size. We show that these parameters depend on the type of the substrate used. We observe that the average nanoparticle size decreases with increasing substrate thermal conductivity and nanoparticle size distribution broadens with increasing surface roughness. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
OPTICS EXPRESS

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Citation Formats
I. Tanyeli, H. Nasser, F. ES, A. Bek, and R. Turan, “Effect of surface type on structural and optical properties of Ag nanoparticles formed by dewetting,” OPTICS EXPRESS, pp. 0–0, 2013, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48424.