Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity

Plasmonic thin film solar cells have been given a lot of attention from researchers for their absorption capabilities. This study focused on the design of plasmonic thin film solar cell so that the absorption can be optimized. The structures were developed with different materials, geometries...

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Main Author: M Nasar, Norasikin
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description Plasmonic thin film solar cells have been given a lot of attention from researchers for their absorption capabilities. This study focused on the design of plasmonic thin film solar cell so that the absorption can be optimized. The structures were developed with different materials, geometries and configurations through Finite Element Method via COMSOL Multiphysics software. In order to validate the simulation method, comparison with the results from the previous research has been done first. The proposed design in this study is to build thin film solar cell with the combination of nanoparticle and nanocavity. Positioning gold nanoparticle in plasmonic thin film solar cell was demonstrated in various positions and nanoparticle near the surface has shown to be trapping more light. Semi-ellipse which used as nanocavity shape created an especial surface allowing more of the incident light was absorbed into the solar cell. From these results, the proposed design were structured by using indium tin oxide (ITO), silicon and aluminum as layers in the thin film solar cell with combination of nanoparticle and nanocavity. The result has shown remarkable positive change in absorption rate. The absorption rate for thin film solar cell with only ITO, silicon and aluminum layer has shown lower than thin film solar cell with these layers and the combination of nanocavity and nanoparticle. Detail from the results of this study will support future fabrication on solar cell.
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spelling uthm.eprints-10532021-09-21T05:04:12Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1053/ Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity M Nasar, Norasikin QC170-197 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter. Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics Plasmonic thin film solar cells have been given a lot of attention from researchers for their absorption capabilities. This study focused on the design of plasmonic thin film solar cell so that the absorption can be optimized. The structures were developed with different materials, geometries and configurations through Finite Element Method via COMSOL Multiphysics software. In order to validate the simulation method, comparison with the results from the previous research has been done first. The proposed design in this study is to build thin film solar cell with the combination of nanoparticle and nanocavity. Positioning gold nanoparticle in plasmonic thin film solar cell was demonstrated in various positions and nanoparticle near the surface has shown to be trapping more light. Semi-ellipse which used as nanocavity shape created an especial surface allowing more of the incident light was absorbed into the solar cell. From these results, the proposed design were structured by using indium tin oxide (ITO), silicon and aluminum as layers in the thin film solar cell with combination of nanoparticle and nanocavity. The result has shown remarkable positive change in absorption rate. The absorption rate for thin film solar cell with only ITO, silicon and aluminum layer has shown lower than thin film solar cell with these layers and the combination of nanocavity and nanoparticle. Detail from the results of this study will support future fabrication on solar cell. 2020-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1053/2/24p%20NORASIKIN%20M%20NASAR.pdf text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1053/3/NORASIKIN%20M%20NASAR%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1053/1/NORASIKIN%20M%20NASAR%20WATERMARK.pdf M Nasar, Norasikin (2020) Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity. Masters thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.
spellingShingle QC170-197 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter. Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics
M Nasar, Norasikin
Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title_full Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title_fullStr Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title_full_unstemmed Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title_short Absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
title_sort absorption enhancement of plasmonic thin film solar cell combined with nanocavity
topic QC170-197 Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter. Including molecular physics, relativity, quantum theory, and solid state physics
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