Enhancing solar cells with localized plasmons in nanovoids
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06/06/2011
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<p>Localized plasmon resonances of spherical nanovoid arrays strongly enhance solar cell performance by a factor of 3.5 in external quantum efficiency at plasmonic resonances, and a four-fold enhancement in overall power conversion efficiency. Large area substrates of silver nanovoids are electrochemically templated through self-assembled colloidal spheres and organic solar cells fabricated on top. Our design represents a new class of plasmonic photovoltaic enhancement: that of localized plasmon-enhanced absorption within nanovoid structures. Angularly-resolved spectra demonstrate strong localized Mie plasmon modes within the nanovoids. Theoretical modelling shows varied spatial dependence of light intensity within the void region suggesting a first possible route towards Third Generation plasmonic photovoltaics. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America</p> |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Lal , N N , Soares , B F , Sinha , J K , Huang , F , Mahajan , S , Bartlett , P N , Greenham , N C & Baumberg , J J 2011 , ' Enhancing solar cells with localized plasmons in nanovoids ' Optics Express , vol 19 , no. 12 , pp. 11256-11263 . |
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