Use of Plasmonic Metal Core-Dielectric Shell Composite Nanoparticles Embedded within the Absorbing Layer to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells

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Nahid Ibn Ashraf, Mustafa Mohammad Shaky, Rashid Ahmed Rifat, Mustafa Habib Chowdhury
2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 2019, pp. 479-484

DOI: 10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971230

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Ashraf, N. I., Shaky, M. M., Rifat, R. A., & Chowdhury, M. H. (2019). Use of Plasmonic Metal Core-Dielectric Shell Composite Nanoparticles Embedded within the Absorbing Layer to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells. In 2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP) (pp. 479–484). https://doi.org/10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971230

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Ashraf, Nahid Ibn, Mustafa Mohammad Shaky, Rashid Ahmed Rifat, and Mustafa Habib Chowdhury. “Use of Plasmonic Metal Core-Dielectric Shell Composite Nanoparticles Embedded within the Absorbing Layer to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells.” In 2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 479–484, 2019.

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Ashraf, Nahid Ibn, et al. “Use of Plasmonic Metal Core-Dielectric Shell Composite Nanoparticles Embedded within the Absorbing Layer to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells.” 2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), 2019, pp. 479–84, doi:10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971230.

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@inproceedings{ashraf2019a,
  title = {Use of Plasmonic Metal Core-Dielectric Shell Composite Nanoparticles Embedded within the Absorbing Layer to Enhance the Efficiency of Thin-Film Solar Cells},
  year = {2019},
  pages = {479-484},
  doi = {10.1109/TENSYMP46218.2019.8971230},
  author = {Ashraf, Nahid Ibn and Shaky, Mustafa Mohammad and Rifat, Rashid Ahmed and Chowdhury, Mustafa Habib},
  booktitle = {2019 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP)}
}

Abstract: This study investigates the response of thin-film silicon solar cells to the use of core-shell metal-dielectric nanoparticles embedded inside the Silicon (Si) substrate to enhance their performance. Multiple arrays of these particles were placed inside the silicon substrate at three different depths to observe the changes in the performance of thin-film silicon solar cells. The absorption of the incident sunlight, the short circuit current density, open circuit voltage, fill factor and the output power generated from solar cell structure due to these embedded nanoparticles have been analyzed It has been observed that the solar cells with the embedded core-shell nanoparticles show larger values than the bare silicon substrate in terms of the short circuit current generated, the fill-factor, open circuit voltage and the output power generated Furthermore, the Fabry-Perot effect has also been observed for core-shell nanoparticles embedded inside the silicon substrate that can have many useful applications if utilized in appropriate conditions.