Plasmon-enhanced parabolic nanostructures for broadband absorption in ultra-thin crystalline Si solar cells
Yeasin Arafat Pritom, Dipayon Kumar Sikder, Sameia Zaman, Mainul Hossain
Abstract
= 800 nm and 1600 nm) when compared with bare parabola. Furthermore, device simulations show that the proposed solar cell can achieve a power conversion efficiency (PCE) as high as 21.39%, paving the way for the next generation of highly efficient, ultra-thin and low-cost Si solar cells.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceAbsorption (acoustics)PlasmonOptoelectronicsPlasmonic solar cellSurface plasmon resonanceNanostructureEnergy conversion efficiencyOpticsSiliconSurface plasmonSolar cellFinite-difference time-domain methodParabolaSolar cell efficiencyNanoparticleNanotechnologyPolymer solar cellPhysicsComposite materialThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesNanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence