Plasmonic near-field enhancement for planar ultra-thin photovoltaics
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2013
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Wang, Zhu
White, Thomas
Catchpole, Kylie
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)
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We propose a planar ultrathin absorber concept exploiting plasmonic resonance absorption enhancement. We calculate a maximum absorption of 89.8% for TM-polarized normally incident light in a 5-nm thin-film absorber with a single-pass absorption of only 1.
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Keywords: Absorption enhancement; Grating; Near-field; Near-field enhancement; Photovoltaic; plasmonic; Plasmonic resonances; Wide-angle absorption; Polarization; Solar cells; Plasmons Grating; near-field; photovoltaic; plasmonic; solar cell
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IEEE Photonics Journal
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