Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles

Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/NANO.2015.7388777

Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles

Farsad Imtiaz Chowdhury
, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

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The effect of gold (Au) and Silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) on a-Si:H n-i-p thin-film solar cells has been studied. 80 nm Ag and 80 nm Au NPs are spin coated on top of the fabricated cells. For the cell spin coated with only Ag NPs the Jsc changes on average from 4.53 mA/cm2 to 4.69 mA/cm2. The efficiency also changes from 2.37% to 2.41%. The cell with Ag NPs also shows an improved spectral response. Compared to reference cell, the peak EQE increases by ∼4.72% at 500 nm. For the cell with both Ag and Au NPs, the Jsc increases on average from 4.53 mA/cm2 to 4.75 mA/cm2. The efficiency is 2.43%. Compared to reference cell, the peak EQE increases ∼6.11% at 500 nm. Compared to Ag NPs coated cell, Ag and Au NPs coated cell shows an improvement of 1.28% and 0.82% in Jsc and efficiency respectively. This indicates that combination of nanoparticle will have stronger plasmonic effect.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	959-962
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467381550
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2015.7388777
State	Published - 2015
Event	15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2015 - Rome, Italy Duration: 27 Jul 2015 → 30 Jul 2015

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Conference	15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	27/07/15 → 30/07/15

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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light trapping
metal nanoparticles
plasmonic
spin coating
thin-film solar

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Chowdhury, F. I., & Nayfeh, A. (2015). Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles. In IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology (pp. 959-962). Article 7388777 (IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2015.7388777

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Chowdhury, FI & Nayfeh, A 2015, Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles. in IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology., 7388777, IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 959-962, 15th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2015, Rome, Italy, 27/07/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2015.7388777

Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles. / Chowdhury, Farsad Imtiaz; Nayfeh, Ammar.
IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 959-962 7388777 (IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology).

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Chowdhury FI, Nayfeh A. Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles. In IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 959-962. 7388777. (IEEE-NANO 2015 - 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology). doi: 10.1109/NANO.2015.7388777

Improved efficiency of thin film a-Si:H solar cells using combination of silver and gold plasmonic nanoparticles

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