Plasmonic Ag Nanostructures on Thin Substrates for Enhanced Energy Harvesting

R. M. Osgood; S. A. Giardini; J. B. Carlson; C. Gear; K. Diest; M. Rothschild; G. E. Fernandes; J. Xu; S. Kooi; P. Periasamy; R. O'Hayre; P. Parilla; J. Berry; D. Ginley

doi:10.1117/12.2024503

Plasmonic Ag Nanostructures on Thin Substrates for Enhanced Energy Harvesting

R. M. Osgood, S. A. Giardini, J. B. Carlson, C. Gear, K. Diest, M. Rothschild, G. E. Fernandes, J. Xu, S. Kooi, P. Periasamy, R. O'Hayre, P. Parilla, J. Berry, D. Ginley

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Nanoparticles and nanostructures with plasmonic resonances are currently being employed to enhance the efficiency of solar cells. Ag stripe arrays have been shown theoretically to enhance the short-circuit current of thin silicon layers. Such Ag stripes are combined with 200 nm long and 60 nm wide teeth which act as nanoantennas, and form vertical rectifying metal-insulator-metal (MIM) nanostructures on metallic substrates coated with thin oxides, such as Nb/NbO_x films. We characterize experimentally and theoretically the visible and near-infrared spectra of these "stripe teeth" arrays, which act as microantenna arrays for energy harvesting and detection, on silicon substrates. Modeling the stripe-teeth arrays predicts a substantial net a.c. voltage across the MIM diode, even when the stripe-teeth microrectenna arrays are illuminated at normal incidence.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503
State	Published - 2013
Event	Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 25 Aug 2013 → 29 Aug 2013

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Conference	Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	25/08/13 → 29/08/13

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NREL/CP-5K00-62253

Keywords

efficiency enhancement
energy/power conversion
metalinsulator-metal diode
nanoantennas
nanoparticles
NIR/visible spectrum
optical properties
Plasmonic resonances
quantum efficiency
rectification
tunneling diodes

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Osgood, R. M., Giardini, S. A., Carlson, J. B., Gear, C., Diest, K., Rothschild, M., Fernandes, G. E., Xu, J., Kooi, S., Periasamy, P., O'Hayre, R., Parilla, P., Berry, J., & Ginley, D. (2013). Plasmonic Ag Nanostructures on Thin Substrates for Enhanced Energy Harvesting. Paper presented at Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI, San Diego, CA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503

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Osgood, RM, Giardini, SA, Carlson, JB, Gear, C, Diest, K, Rothschild, M, Fernandes, GE, Xu, J, Kooi, S, Periasamy, P, O'Hayre, R, Parilla, P , Berry, J & Ginley, D 2013, 'Plasmonic Ag Nanostructures on Thin Substrates for Enhanced Energy Harvesting', Paper presented at Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XI, San Diego, CA, United States, 25/08/13 - 29/08/13. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024503

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