∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells

Kazi Islam; Farsad Chowdhury; Aaesha Alnuaimi; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925585

∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells

Kazi Islam
, Farsad Chowdhury
, Aaesha Alnuaimi
, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The effect of Au nanoparticles on the performance of a-Si:H solar cells is investigated experimentally. 100 nm colloidal plasmonic Au nanoparticles are spin-coated before metallization on a-Si:H n-i-p solar cells with 100 nm thick intrinsic absorber layer. The J_sc increases from 5.91 mA/cm² to 6.5 mA/cm² (10% increase) and the peak EQE increases from 45% to 51% (13.3% increase) for the 100 nm i-layer solar cell after plasmonic enhancement. In addition the effect of i-layer thickness on the amount of plasmonic enhancement is studied. For the 500 nm i-layer cell, the J_sc increases from 9.34 mA/cm² to 10.1 mA/cm² (7.5% increase). The results show that plasmonic enhancement is more effective for thinner a-Si:H solar cells.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3071-3075
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479943982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925585
State	Published - 15 Oct 2014
Event	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jun 2014 → 13 Jun 2014

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Conference	40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/06/14 → 13/06/14

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amorphous Si
nanoparticles
photovoltaics
plasmonics
solar cells
thin film

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Islam, K., Chowdhury, F., Alnuaimi, A., & Nayfeh, A. (2014). ∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014 (pp. 3071-3075). Article 6925585 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925585

Islam, Kazi ; Chowdhury, Farsad ; Alnuaimi, Aaesha et al. / ∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells. 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. pp. 3071-3075 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

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Islam, K, Chowdhury, F, Alnuaimi, A & Nayfeh, A 2014, ∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells. in 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014., 6925585, 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 3071-3075, 40th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014, Denver, United States, 8/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925585

∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells. / Islam, Kazi; Chowdhury, Farsad; Alnuaimi, Aaesha et al.
2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 3071-3075 6925585 (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014).

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Islam K, Chowdhury F, Alnuaimi A, Nayfeh A. ∼10% increase in short-circuit current density using 100nm plasmonic Au nanoparticles on thin film n-i-p a-Si:H solar cells. In 2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014. p. 3071-3075. 6925585. (2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2014). doi: 10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925585

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