Print Email Facebook Twitter Enhancing the driving field for plasmonic nanoparticles in thin-film solar cells Title Enhancing the driving field for plasmonic nanoparticles in thin-film solar cells Author Santbergen, R. Hairen, T. Zeman, M. Smets, A.H.M. Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Electrical Sustainable Energy Date 2014-05-07 Abstract The scattering cross-section of a plasmonic nanoparticle is proportional to the intensity of the electric field that drives the plasmon resonance. In this work we determine the driving field pattern throughout a complete thin-film silicon solar cell. Our simulations reveal that by tuning of the thicknesses of silicon and transparent conductive oxide layers the driving field intensity experienced by an embedded plasmonic nanoparticle can be enhanced up to a factor of 14. This new insight opens the route towards more efficient plasmonic light trapping in thin-film solar cells. Subject plasmonicsinterferencesolar energy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:aff41ea8-7aa1-44b2-bd81-0cdd60c8e98d DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.0A1023 Publisher Optical Society of America ISSN 1094-4087 Source http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-22-S4-A1023 Source Optics Express, 22 (S4), 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2014 Optical Society of America Files PDF Santbergen_2014.pdf 1.75 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:aff41ea8-7aa1-44b2-bd81-0cdd60c8e98d/datastream/OBJ/view