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Plasmonic near-field enhancement for planar ultra-thin photovoltaics

Date

Authors

Wang, Zhu

White, Thomas

Catchpole, Kylie

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)

Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30943

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

IEEE Photonics Journal

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2280518

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