Plasmonic particles and nanostructures are widely used in photovoltaic and photonics.
Surface plasmons were found to enhance different types of solar cells including plasmonic …

Abstract Development of cost-effective and environmentally friendly manufacturing methods
will enable important advances for the production of large-scale flexible electronics. Laser …

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the use of plasmons, that is, free
electron oscillations in conductors, to boost the performance of both organic and inorganic …

The inclusion of silver plasmonic nanoparticles in silicon is highly relevant for photovoltaics
as it may enhance optical absorption. We report an investigation of the stability of such …

The efficiency of a solar cell depends on both the quality of its semiconductor active layer, as
well as on the presence of other dielectric and metallic structural components which improve …

Abstract Ag and Ag@ MgO core–shell nanoparticles (NPs) with a diameter of d= 3–10 nm
were obtained by physical synthesis methods and deposited on Si with its native ultrathin …

Nanocluster aggregation sources based on magnetron-sputtering represent precise and
versatile means to deposit a controlled quantity of metal nanoparticles at selected interfaces …

Starch films embedded with Ag nanoparticles (NPs), fabricated via solution casting, have
been characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron …

Plasmonic nanoparticles in complex clusters and in specific molecular orientations are able
to support strong plasmon and Fano resonances in their nanoscale geometries. In this …

The plasmonic thin-film solar cells with grating surface is structured and simulated by
Comsol Multiphysics software using finite element method. The absorption efficiency of solar …