Plasmonic solar cells.

By Kylie Catchpole, A. Polman. Optics Express, 2008

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The scattering from metal nanoparticles near their localized plasmon resonance is a promising way of increasing the light absorption in thin-film solar cells. Enhancements in photocurrent have been observed for a wide range of semiconductors and solar cell configurations. We review experimental and theoretical progress that has been made in recent years, describe the basic mechanisms at work, and provide an outlook on future prospects in this area.

Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry

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Plasmonics for photovoltaic applications (2010, background): “This has been further verified by modelling a point dipole on a substrate [19].”
Nanoantennas for visible and infrared radiation (2011, background): “Absorption enhancement is particularly crucial for modern solar cell technologies [259, 260], especially for those realizations that move towards thin single-crystal films and intermediate-band nanocrystal insertions.”
Plasmonic effect of gold nanoparticles in organic solar cells (2014, background): “This means that just a substrate covered with only 10% of the particles could fully absorb and scatter the incident light (Catchpole and Polman, 2008b).”