Exploring the parameter space of disc shaped silver nanoparticles for thin film silicon photovoltaics

Abstract

We numerically simulate, using finite-difference time-domain, the optical properties of silver nano discs deposited on the front surface of silicon solar cells. We explore the effect of each of the parameters of such a system, in order to draw some general design rules for the subsequent fabrication of such structures.

arXiv commentThis work is adapted from a Masters thesis done at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL, Belgium) by Bruno Figeys, under the daily supervision of Ounsi El Daif and Pol Van Dorpe. His promotor was Prof. Jef Poortmans