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Comparison of Ag and SiO2 Nanoparticles for Light Trapping Applications in Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells
journal contribution
posted on 2015-12-17, 04:53 authored by Martin Theuring, Peng Hui Wang, Martin Vehse, Volker Steenhoff, Karsten von Maydell, Carsten Agert, Alexandre G. BroloPlasmonic
and photonic light trapping structures can significantly
improve the efficiency of solar cells. This work presents an experimental
and computational comparison of identically shaped metallic (Ag) and
nonmetallic (SiO2) nanoparticles integrated to the back
contact of amorphous silicon solar cells. Our results show comparable
performance for both samples, suggesting that minor influence arises
from the nanoparticle material. Particularly, no additional beneficial
effect of the plasmonic features due to metallic nanoparticles could
be observed.