∼23% increase in efficiency of 100 nm thin film a-si solar cells using combination of Si/InN and Au nanoparticles

Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury; Aaesha Alnuaimi; Sabri Alkis; Ali K. Okyay; Munir Nayfeh; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356306

∼23% increase in efficiency of 100 nm thin film a-si solar cells using combination of Si/InN and Au nanoparticles

Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury
, Aaesha Alnuaimi
, Sabri Alkis
, Ali K. Okyay
, Munir Nayfeh
, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

Bilkent University
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Abstract

In this work we report 23% increase in efficiency of n-i-p a-Si:H cells using Si, InN and Au nanoparticles. These cells shows an average improvement of 24.54% in short circuit current. The coated cells also reduce the reflection by 2.7% compared to reference cell between 300-800 nm, which indicates light is getting scattered by these nanoparticles. EQE and IQE analysis show that the overall enhancement can be attributed to photon energy downshifting with a reduction in reflectivity.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479979448
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356306
State	Published - 14 Dec 2015
Event	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 14 Jun 2015 → 19 Jun 2015

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Name	2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015

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Conference	42nd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	14/06/15 → 19/06/15

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

downshifting
nanoparticles
scattering
solar cells
spin coating

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Chowdhury, F. I., Alnuaimi, A., Alkis, S., Okyay, A. K., Nayfeh, M., & Nayfeh, A. (2015). ∼23% increase in efficiency of 100 nm thin film a-si solar cells using combination of Si/InN and Au nanoparticles. In 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015 Article 7356306 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2015.7356306

Chowdhury, Farsad Imtiaz ; Alnuaimi, Aaesha ; Alkis, Sabri et al. / ∼23% increase in efficiency of 100 nm thin film a-si solar cells using combination of Si/InN and Au nanoparticles. 2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015).

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∼23% increase in efficiency of 100 nm thin film a-si solar cells using combination of Si/InN and Au nanoparticles. / Chowdhury, Farsad Imtiaz; Alnuaimi, Aaesha; Alkis, Sabri et al.
2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7356306 (2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC 2015).

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