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Enhanced optical absorption by Ag nanoparticles in thin film Si solar cell |
Chen Feng-Xiang(陈凤翔), Wang Li-Sheng(汪礼胜), Xu Wen-Ying (许文英) |
Department of Physics Science and Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China |
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Abstract Thin film solar cells have potentials to significantly reduce the cost of photovoltaics. Light trapping is crucial to such a thin film silicon solar cell because of a low absorption coefficient due to its indirect band gap. In this paper, we investigate the suitability of surface plasmon resonance Ag nanoparticles for enhancing optical absorption in the thin film solar cell. For evaluating the transmittance capability of Ag nanoparticles and the conventional antireflection film, an enhanced transmittance factor is introduced. We find that under the solar spectrum AM1.5, the transmittance of Ag nanoparticles with radius over 160 nm is equivalent to that of conventional textured antireflection film, and its effect is better than that of the planar antireflection film. The influence of the surrounding medium is also discussed.
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Received: 18 July 2012
Revised: 11 October 2012
Accepted manuscript online:
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PACS:
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52.25.Tx
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(Emission, absorption, and scattering of particles)
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88.40.jj
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(Silicon solar cells)
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88.40.fc
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(Modeling and analysis)
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Fund: Project supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant Nos. 2011-Ia-002 and 2012-Ia-031). |
Corresponding Authors:
Chen Feng-Xiang
E-mail: phonixchen79@yahoo.com.cn
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Cite this article:
Chen Feng-Xiang(陈凤翔), Wang Li-Sheng(汪礼胜), Xu Wen-Ying (许文英) Enhanced optical absorption by Ag nanoparticles in thin film Si solar cell 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 045202
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