Full Coverage of the Solar Spectrum and Beyond Using All-Manganese Plasmonic Shell Array

Raad, Shiva Hayati; Atlasbaf, Zahra

doi:10.1007/s11468-021-01566-8

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“…Manganese, a transition metal, has the closest constitutive parameters to the ideal metal [58]. Figure 7a shows the geometry of truncated pyramidal solar cell design using all-manganese nano-shells [2]. To investigate the absorption capability of manganese material in the solar cell design, the attenuation constant of the wave illuminating the manganese slab is calculated via [59]:…”

Section: Materials Selection For the Solar Cell Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Photovoltaic and Photothermal Solar Cell Design Principles: Efficiency/Bandwidth Enhancement and Material Selection

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There are two main approaches for developing solar cells, including photovoltaic and photothermal technologies. Photovoltaic solar cells benefit from an active region whose performance can be improved by embedding nanoparticles with different shapes and materials. Photothermal solar cells are broadband absorbers, enabling electromagnetic energy absorption in the solar radiation region. Since the solar spectrum is expanded from 120 to 1000 THz, the device bandwidth engineering and its efficiency enhancement through utilizing nanoparticles, multiresonance configurations, and multilayered structures are necessary. Moreover, using chemically inert materials with high thermal conductivities results in stable performance under different environmental conditions. Thus, in this chapter, various photovoltaic and photothermal solar cells will be discussed, emphasizing their design principles. The chapter mainly considers absorption bandwidth enlargement, absorption efficiency enhancement, and material selection considerations. In this regard, solar cells designed with plasmonic materials, transition metals, refractory metals, and carbon materials are presented. Notably, the potential of two-dimensional graphene material in the solar cell design is revealed, and a lightweight graphene-based solar cell with near-perfect coverage of the whole solar spectrum is introduced.

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Section: Materials Selection For the Solar Cell Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To design solar cells, different types of materials are used in geometrically engineered configurations, each having its pros and cons. The important parameters for evaluating solar cells are their efficiencies, bandwidth, tolerance to environmental conditions, and robustness to the incident angles of incoming waves [1,2].…”

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