Application of plasmonics in solar cell efficiency improvement: a brief review on recent progress

P Mandal - Plasmonics, 2022 - Springer
We need electrical energy for our various daily life activities, and the existing fossil fuel will
serve the purpose for a limited period only. Therefore, we need to look at alternate energy …

Boosting photoelectric performance of thin film GaAs solar cell based on multi-objective optimization for solar energy utilization

WW Zhang, H Qi, YK Ji, MJ He, YT Ren, Y Li - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
For enhancing the photoelectric performance of the GaAs photovoltaic cell, the non-
dominated sorted genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) is employed to solve the multi-objective …

Theoretical investigation of broadband absorption enhancement in a-Si thin-film solar cell with nanoparticles

H Li, Y Hu, Y Yang, Y Zhu - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020 - Elsevier
Thin-film solar cells have attracted increasing attention due to its low material cost and large
flexibility, but they also face the challenge of low solar absorption due to reduced active …

Role of metallic nanoparticles in the optoelectronic performance enhancement of InP ultrathin film solar cell

SK Agnihotri, DV Prashant, DP Samajdar - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
III-V material-based ultrathin Solar Cells (SCs) garnered a great deal of interest due to their
benefits such as efficient charge transport, recycling of photons, adaptability, and material …

Full‐spectrum absorption enhancement in a‐Si: H thin‐film solar cell with a composite light‐trapping structure

H Li, Y Hu, H Wang, Q Tao, Y Zhu, Y Yang - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film solar cells are favorable because of the reduced material and fabrication cost as
well as the advantage of mechanical flexibility. However, due to the reduced thickness of the …

Photocurrent improvement of an ultra-thin silicon solar cell using cascaded cylindrical shape plasmonic nanoparticles

H Heidarzadeh, H Bahador - Physica Scripta, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The main aim of this research work is to significantly improve the photocurrent of an ultra-
thin silicon solar cell. Here, cylindrical shape cascaded plasmonic nanoparticles are used to …

Incident light management in a thin silicon solar cell using a two-dimensional grating according a Gaussian distribution

H Heidarzadeh - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The main purpose of this work is to investigate the efficiency dependence of a thin silicon
solar cell on non-uniformity in size of the rectangle back gratings. Here, efficiency …

Efficiency enhancement of an ultra-thin silicon solar cell using plasmonic coupled core-shell nanoparticles

G Mokari, H Heidarzadeh - Plasmonics, 2019 - Springer
Enhancement of the optical absorption in ultra-thin silicon solar cells is more important. In
this work, plasmonic nanostructures are used inside the active layer to improve the …

High performance GaAs ultrathin film solar cell based on optimized antireflection coating and dielectric nano-cylinders

HR Bahrami, S Khosravi - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents an ultrathin crystalline GaAs solar cell consists of titanium dioxide (TiO
2) nano-cylinders partially embedded in the GaAs film and covered by a proper antireflection …

Performance of nanoparticle-enhanced thin-film solar cell with near-perfect absorption

C Deng, J Zhu, Y Huang - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes a thin-film solar cell composed of periodic plasmonic titanium
nanoparticles (Ti NPs) and indium phosphide (InP) thin films. By adjusting the size and …