Plasmonic Anti-Reflection Coating for Thin Film Solar Cells

Pierpaolo Spinelli,Maarten Hebbink,Claire van Lare,Marc A. Verschuuren,René de Waele,Albert Polman

Plasmonic Anti-Reflection Coating for Thin Film Solar Cells

2010

Pierpaolo Spinelli
Maarten Hebbink
Claire van Lare
Marc A. Verschuuren
René de Waele
Albert Polman

We study plasmonic nanoparticle arrays on top of silicon solar cells for efficient light coupling. An optimized array combined with a Si3N4spacer layer shows 8% more incoupling than the standard Si3N4antireflection coating.

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Polymer solar cell
Nanoparticle
Plasmonic solar cell
Plasmon
Thin film
Coating
Optoelectronics
Light scattering
Optics
Photovoltaic system
Materials science
Silicon

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