Ag nanoparticles-embedded surface plasmonic InGaN-based solar cells via scattering and localized field enhancement
- Authors
- Shim, Jae-Phil; Choi, Sang-Bae; Kong, Duk-Jo; Seo, Dong-Ju; Kim, Hyung-jun; Lee, Dong-Seon
- Issue Date
- 2016-07-11
- Publisher
- OPTICAL SOC AMER
- Citation
- OPTICS EXPRESS, v.24, no.14, pp.A1176 - A1187
- Abstract
- Ag nanoparticles are embedded in intentionally etched micro-circle p-GaN holes by means of a thermal agglomeration process to enhance the light absorption efficiency in InGaN/GaN multi-quantum-well (MQW) solar cells. The Ag nanoparticles are theoretically and experimentally verified to generate the plasmon light scattering and the localized field enhancement near the MQW absorption layer. The external quantum efficiency enhancement at a target wavelength region is demonstrated by matching the plasmon resonance of Ag nanoparticles, resulting in a J(sc) improvement of 9.1%. Furthermore, the Ag-nanoparticle-embedded InGaN solar cell is effectively fabricated considering the carrier extraction that more than 70% of F.F. and 2.2 V of high V-oc are simultaneously attained. (C) 2016 Optical Society of America
- Keywords
- OPTICAL-ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY; LAYER; FILMS; OPTICAL-ABSORPTION; EFFICIENCY; LAYER; FILMS; Photovoltaic; Microstructure fabrication; Nanostructure fabrication; Surface plasmons; Plasmonics
- ISSN
- 1094-4087
- URI
- https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/123873
- DOI
- 10.1364/OE.24.0A1176
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- KIST Article > 2016
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