Surface plasmons for enhanced silicon light-emitting diodes and solar cells

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dc.contributor.authorCatchpole, Kylie
dc.contributor.authorPillai, Supriya
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:51:39Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.updated2015-12-10T07:27:10Z
dc.description.abstractLocalized surface plasmons on metallic nanoparticles can be surprisingly efficient at coupling light into or out of a silicon waveguide. In this paper we review our recent work where we have demonstrated a factor of 8 times enhancement in the electroluminescence from a silicon-on-insulator light-emitting diode at 900 nm using silver nanoparticles, in the first report of a surface plasmon-enhanced silicon light-emitting diode. Our theoretical work has shown that the enhancement seen in this system at long wavelengths is mainly a single-particle effect, in contrast to previous suggestions that it is a waveguide-mediated multi-particle effect, and that there is a dramatic enhancement of the scattering cross-section for waveguided light in these devices. We discuss the route towards increasing this enhancement further and provide predictions of the limits on the maximum potential efficiency enhancement, as well as the potential of metal particles for applications in thin film silicon solar cells.
dc.identifier.issn0022-2313
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/59135
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Luminescence
dc.subjectKeywords: Electroluminescence; Nanostructured materials; Silicon on insulator technology; Solar cells; Waveguides; Metallic nanoparticles; Silicon waveguide; Single particle effect; Surface plasmon; Light emitting diodes Light-emitting diode; Solar cell; Surface plasmons
dc.titleSurface plasmons for enhanced silicon light-emitting diodes and solar cells
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage318
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage314
local.contributor.affiliationCatchpole, Kylie, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationPillai, Supriya, University of New South Wales
local.contributor.authoremailu9612096@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidCatchpole, Kylie, u9612096
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor090600 - ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4105084xPUB475
local.identifier.citationvolume121
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.08.053
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33750316383
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4105084
local.type.statusPublished Version

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