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Plasmonic Photovoltaics
Start Date: September 2007
Status: Completed
Investigators
Harry A. Atwater, California Institute of Technology; Mark Brongersma, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University; Albert Polman, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Annual Reports
Publications
- Polman, A. and H. A. Atwater. "Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics." Nature Materials 11, no. 3 (2012): 174-177.
- van de Groep, J., P. Spinelli, and A. Polman. "Transparent conducting silver nanowire networks." Nano Letters 12, no. 6 (2012): 3138-3144.
- P. Spinelli and A. Polman. "Prospects of near-field plasmonic absorption enhancement in semiconductor materials using embedded Ag nanoparticles." Optics Express 20, no. S5 (2012): A641-A654.
- Spinelli, P., M. A. Verschuuren, and A. Polman. "Broadband omnidirectional antireflection coating based on subwavelength surface Mie resonators." Nature Communications 3 (2012): 692.
- Spinelli, P., V. E. Ferry, J. Van de Groep, M. Van Lare, M. A. Verschuuren, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, and A. Polman. "Plasmonic light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells." Journal of Optics 14, no. 2 (2012): 024002.
- Spinelli, P., C. van Lare, E. Verhagen, and A. Polman. “Controlling fano lineshapes in plasmon-mediated light coupling into a substrate,” Optics Express 19, A303, doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A303 (2011).
- Beck, F. J., E. Verhagen, S. Mokkapati, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Resonant SPP modes supported by discrete metal nanoparticles on high-index substrate,” Optics Express 19, A146, doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A146 (2011).
- Mokkapati, S., F. J. Beck, R. de Waele, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Resonant nano-antennas for light trapping in plasmonic solar cells", J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44, 185101, doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/18/185101 (2011).
- Spinelli, P., M. Hebbink, R. de Waele, L. Black, F. Lenzmann, and A. Polman. “Optical impedance matching using coupled metal nanoparticle arrays,” Nano Lett. 11, 1760 (2011).
- Atwater H. A. and A. Polman. “Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices.” Nature Materials 9, 205 - 213 (invited review, 2010).
- Beck, F. J., S. Mokkapati, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Asymmetry in photocurrent enhancement by plasmonic nanoparticle arrays located on the front or on the rear of solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 033113 (2010).
- Ferry, V. E. J. N. Munday, and H. A. Atwater, “Design considerations for plasmonic photovoltaics,” Adv. Mat., (invited review, accepted, 2010).
- H. A. Atwater and A. Polman. “Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices.” Nature Materials 9, 205 and Editorial article (2010).
- Pryce, I., A. J. Fischer, D. D. Koleske and H. A. Atwater. “Plasmonic nanoparticle enhanced photocurrent in GaN/InGaN/GaN quantum well solar cells.” Applied Physics Letters 96, 153501 (2010).
- Pala, R. A., J. White, E. Barnard, J. Liu, and M. L. Brongersma. “Design of plasmonic thin-film solar cells with broadband absorption enhancements.” Advanced Materials, Vol. 21, No. 34, pp. 3504-3509, doi:10.1002/adma.200900331 (2009).
- Ferry, V. E., M. A. Verschuuren, H. B. T. Li, R. E. I. Schropp, H. A. Atwater, and A. Polman. “Improved red-response in thin fFilm a-Si:H solar cells with soft-imprinted plasmonic back reflectors.” Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 183503 (2009).
- Beck, F.J., A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Tunable light trapping for solar cells using localised surface plasmons.” J. Appl. Phys. 105, 114310 (2009).
- Mokapati, S., F. J. Beck, A. Polman, and K. R. Catchpole. “Designing periodic arrays of metal nanoparticles for light trapping applications in solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 53115 (2009).
- Barnard, E. S., J. S. White, A. Chandran, and M. L. Brongersma. “Spectral properties of plasmonic resonator antennas.” Optics Express, Vol. 16, No. 21, pp. 16529-16537, doi:10.1364/OE.16.016529 (2008).
- Polman, A. “Plasmonics applied.” Science 322, 868 (2008).
- Catchpole K. R. and A. Polman. “Design principles for particle plasmon enhanced solar cells.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 191113 (2008).
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