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Design of Plasmonic Thin‐Film Solar Cells with Broadband Absorption Enhancements
Author(s) -
Pala Ragip A.,
White Justin,
Barnard Edward,
Liu John,
Brongersma Mark L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200900331
Subject(s) - materials science , plasmon , broadband , absorption (acoustics) , plasmonic solar cell , optoelectronics , nanostructure , thin film , realization (probability) , surface plasmon , coupling (piping) , surface plasmon resonance , nanotechnology , solar cell , optics , nanoparticle , polymer solar cell , statistics , physics , mathematics , composite material , metallurgy
Noble metal nanostructures can enhance absorption in thin‐film solar cells by simultaneously taking advantage of i) high near‐fields surrounding the nanostructures close to their surface plasmon resonance frequency and ii) coupling to waveguide modes. We develop basic design rules for the realization of broadband absorption enhancements for such structures.