Amorphous Si:H solar cells plasmonic enhancement by nano particle in short circuit current density

  • Unique Paper ID: 183918
  • PageNo: 3571-3574
  • Abstract:
  • p-i-n junction amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) plasmonic solar cells front side coated with silver nano particles (NP) embedded in aluminium doped zinc oxide (AZO) for plasmonic enhancement have been prepared. The solar cell structure is glass/AZO/Ag NP/AZO/p-i-n a-Si:H/Al. More than 18% enhancement in short circuit current density (Jsc) has been achieved with respect to a non-embedded solar cell. Over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 740 nm a broadband photocurrent enhancement was observed. The device performance was improved due to the strong local field enhancement effect from plasmonic Ag NPs which plays the major role.

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BibTeX

@article{183918,
        author = {Dr. Tushar Ghosh},
        title = {Amorphous Si:H solar cells plasmonic enhancement by nano particle in short circuit current density},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {3},
        pages = {3571-3574},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=183918},
        abstract = {p-i-n junction amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) plasmonic solar cells front side coated with silver nano particles (NP) embedded in aluminium doped zinc oxide (AZO) for plasmonic enhancement have been prepared. The solar cell structure is glass/AZO/Ag NP/AZO/p-i-n a-Si:H/Al. More than 18% enhancement in short circuit current density (Jsc) has been achieved with respect to a non-embedded solar cell. Over the wavelength range of 400 nm to 740 nm a broadband photocurrent enhancement was observed. The device performance was improved due to the strong local field enhancement effect from plasmonic Ag NPs which plays the major role.},
        keywords = {Nanoparticles, plasmons, silver, photovoltaic cells, amorphous materials, silicon.},
        month = {August},
        }

Cite This Article

Ghosh, D. T. (2025). Amorphous Si:H solar cells plasmonic enhancement by nano particle in short circuit current density. International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology (IJIRT), 12(3), 3571–3574.

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