Silver Nanoparticles to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells

Joshua D. Winans; Jeffrey P. Clarkson; Philippe M. Fauchet

doi:10.1364/LS.2011.LWB2

Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper LWB2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/LS.2011.LWB2

Silver Nanoparticles to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells

Joshua D. Winans, Jeffrey P. Clarkson, and Philippe M. Fauchet

Laser Science 2011

San Jose, California United States
16–20 October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-917-6

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Optics and Alternative Energy Sources I (LWB)

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J. D. Winans, J. P. Clarkson, and P. M. Fauchet, "Silver Nanoparticles to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells," in Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper LWB2.

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Abstract

Silver nanoparticles are applied to the front surface of thin-film a-Si to reduce reflection and transmission losses. We use FDTD simulations to investigate the effect of varying particle size and shape on the absorption of light.

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