Plasmonic solar cells: from rational design to mechanism overview

YH Jang, YJ Jang, S Kim, LN Quan, K Chung… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plasmonic effects have been proposed as a solution to overcome the limited light absorption
in thin-film photovoltaic devices, and various types of plasmonic solar cells have been …

Solid-state plasmonic solar cells

K Ueno, T Oshikiri, Q Sun, X Shi, H Misawa - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver and gold show localized surface plasmon resonances
(LSPRs), which are associated with near-field enhancement effects in the vicinity of …

Nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

S Mokkapati, KR Catchpole - Journal of applied physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Nanophotonic light trapping for solar cells is an exciting field that has seen exponential
growth in the last few years. There has been a growing appreciation for solar energy as a …

Recent progress and future opportunities for hot carrier photodetectors: from ultraviolet to infrared bands

C Zhang, Y Luo, SA Maier, X Li - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The hot carriers generated from the nonradiative decay of surface plasmons in metallic
nanostructures can inject into the conduction band of a semiconductor, allowing for the sub …

Design of nanostructured solar cells using coupled optical and electrical modeling

MG Deceglie, VE Ferry, AP Alivisatos, HA Atwater - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured light trapping has emerged as a promising route toward improved efficiency
in solar cells. We use coupled optical and electrical modeling to guide optimization of such …

Modeling light trapping in nanostructured solar cells

VE Ferry, A Polman, HA Atwater - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
The integration of nanophotonic and plasmonic structures with solar cells offers the ability to
control and confine light in nanoscale dimensions. These nanostructures can be used to …

Radiative cooling of solar cells: Opto-electro-thermal physics and modeling

Y An, C Sheng, X Li - Nanoscale, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Passive radiative cooling technology has attracted extensive attention as it addresses the
potential applications in effectively cooling photovoltaics and related systems. Here, we …

COMSOL simulation of heat distribution in perovskite solar cells: coupled optical–electrical–thermal 3-D analysis

P Saxena, NE Gorji - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The heat dissipation has been rarely investigated in solar cells although it has a significant
impact on their performance and reliability. For the first time, an extended three-dimensional …

[PDF][PDF] Photovoltaic devices: opto‐electro‐thermal physics and modeling

A Shang, X Li - Advanced Materials, 2017 - karlancer.com
Tamb= 25±1 C. Moreover, the operating temperature of SCs (ie, T) is set to be equal to
Tamb by default. In reality, the temperature of SCs will increase sharply due to thermal …

Loss mitigation in plasmonic solar cells: aluminium nanoparticles for broadband photocurrent enhancements in GaAs photodiodes

NP Hylton, XF Li, V Giannini, KH Lee… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
We illustrate the important trade-off between far-field scattering effects, which have the
potential to provide increased optical path length over broad bands and parasitic absorption …