Plasmonic near-field enhancement for planar ultra-thin absorber solar cells

Zhu Wang; Thomas P. White; Kylie Catchpole

doi:10.1109/ipcon.2012.6358485

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Plasmonic near-field enhancement for planar ultra-thin absorber solar cells

Zhu Wang Thomas P. White Kylie Catchpole

Year: 2012 Vol: 83 Pages: 54-55

DOI: 10.1109/ipcon.2012.6358485

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Abstract

We propose a planar ultra-thin absorber concept exploiting plasmonic resonance absorption enhancement. We calculate >13-fold enhancement in a 7.5 nm thin-film absorber yielding a maximum absorption of 74.4%. Broadband and wide-angle absorption is demonstrated.

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Planar Plasmon Materials science Absorption (acoustics) Optoelectronics Broadband Thin film Thin film solar cell Plasmonic solar cell Optics Solar cell Nanotechnology Polymer solar cell Physics Computer science

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