Plasmonic solar cells

Catchpole, Kylie; Polman, A.

doi:10.1364/oe.16.021793

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“…In contrast to the well-defined plasmonic architectures described above, ensembles of randomly distributed nanoparticles and agglomerates can provide important optical functions such as increasing the light absorption in thin-film solar cells [70]. Also, nanofilms with a random morphology and high surface roughness provide extremely high enhancement of optical absorption by molecular vibrations in a broad spectral range [13,14,[71][72][73][74].…”

Section: Optical Application Of Localized Surface Plasmon: Random Nanmentioning

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Plasmons in nanoscale and atomic-scale systems

Nagao

Han

Hoang

et al. 2010

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

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Plasmons in metallic nanomaterials exhibit very strong size and shape effects, and thus have recently gained considerable attention in nanotechnology, information technology, and life science. In this review, we overview the fundamental properties of plasmons in materials with various dimensionalities and discuss the optical functional properties of localized plasmon polaritons in nanometer-scale to atomic-scale objects. First, the pioneering works on plasmons by electron energy loss spectroscopy are briefly surveyed. Then, we discuss the effects of atomistic charge dynamics on the dispersion relation of propagating plasmon modes, such as those for planar crystal surface, atomic sheets and straight atomic wires. Finally, standing-wave plasmons, or antenna resonances of plasmon polariton, of some widely used nanometer-scale structures and atomic-scale wires (the smallest possible plasmonic building blocks) are exemplified along with their applications.

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Section: Optical Application Of Localized Surface Plasmon: Random Nanmentioning

confidence: 99%

Plasmons in nanoscale and atomic-scale systems

Nagao

Han

Hoang

et al. 2010

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

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“…The two most studied plasmonic metals are gold (Au) and silver (Ag) [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. The first has the advantage of being chemically inert, whereas the second is preferable for some particular applications, since the damping of the SPs or LSPs is smaller than that of gold.…”

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Microstructural evolution of Au/TiO2 nanocomposite films: The influence of Au concentration and thermal annealing

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Nanocomposite thin films consisting of a dielectric matrix, such as titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), with embedded gold (Au) nanoparticles were prepared and will be analysed and discussed in detail in the present work. The evolution of morphological and structural features was studied for a wide range of Au concentrations and for annealing treatments in air, for temperatures ranging from 200 to 800 ºC. Major findings revealed that for low Au atomic concentrations (at. %), there are only traces of clustering, and just for relatively high annealing temperatures, T ≥ 500 ºC. Furthermore, the number of Au nanoparticles is extremely low, even for the highest annealing temperature, T = 800 ºC.It is noteworthy that the TiO 2 matrix also crystallizes in the anatase phase for annealing temperatures above 300 ºC.

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“…By using relatively large Ag islands (around 50 nm) the scattering of light into the PV cell is enhanced, the plasmon resonance of these particles can be tuned so it is around the desired wavelength by modifying the surrounding local dielectric environment [179]. Note that the enhancement may be optimised by varying the shape, size, material and surface coverage of the nanostructure [178][179][180][181][182][183][184]. Figure 6a shows that higher aspect nanostructures (i.e., cylinders rather than spheres) maximises the fraction of incident light scattered into the photoactive layer and hence enhances the solar cell efficiency [180].…”

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Plasmas meet plasmonics

2012

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Abstract. The term 'plasmon' was first coined in 1956 to describe collective electronic oscillations in solids which were very similar to electronic oscillations/surface waves in a plasma discharge (effectively the same formulae can be used to describe the frequencies of these physical phenomena). Surface waves originating in a plasma were initially considered to be just a tool for basic research, until they were successfully used for the generation of large-area plasmas for nanoscale materials synthesis and processing. To demonstrate the synergies between 'plasmons' and 'plasmas', these large-area plasmas can be used to make plasmonic nanostructures which functionally enhance a range of emerging devices. The incorporation of plasmafabricated metal-based nanostructures into plasmonic devices is the missing link needed to bridge not only surface waves from traditional plasma physics and surface plasmons from optics, but also, more topically, macroscopic gaseous and nanoscale metal plasmas. This article first presents a brief review of surface waves and surface plasmons, then describe how these areas of research may be linked through Plasma Nanoscience showing, by closely looking at the essential physics as well as current and future applications, how everything old, is new, once again.

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Plasmonic solar cells

Cited by 1,481 publications

References 39 publications

Plasmons in nanoscale and atomic-scale systems

Plasmons in nanoscale and atomic-scale systems

Microstructural evolution of Au/TiO2 nanocomposite films: The influence of Au concentration and thermal annealing

Plasmas meet plasmonics

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