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Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell

This article presents an effective structural design arrangement for light trapping in the front surface of a thin film silicon solar cell (TFSC). Front surface light trapping rate is significantly enhanced here by incorporating the Aluminium (Al) nanoparticle arrays into silicon nitride anti-reflec...

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Main Authors:	Mukti, Rokeya Jahan, Hossain, Md Rabiul, Islam, Ariful, Mekhilef, Saad, Horan, Ben
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Published:	MDPI 2019
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/23941/ https://doi.org/10.3390/en12132602
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spelling	my.um.eprints.239412020-03-03T08:22:40Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/23941/ Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell Mukti, Rokeya Jahan Hossain, Md Rabiul Islam, Ariful Mekhilef, Saad Horan, Ben TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This article presents an effective structural design arrangement for light trapping in the front surface of a thin film silicon solar cell (TFSC). Front surface light trapping rate is significantly enhanced here by incorporating the Aluminium (Al) nanoparticle arrays into silicon nitride anti-reflection layer. The light trapping capability of these arrays is extensively analyzed via Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method considering the wavelength ranging from 400 to 1100 nm. The outcome indicates that the structural parameters associated with the aluminium nanoparticle arrays like particle radii and separations between adjacent particles, play vital roles in designing the solar cell to achieve better light trapping efficiency. A detailed comparative analysis has justified the effectiveness of this approach while contrasting the results found with commonly used silver nanoparticle arrays at the front surface of the cell. Because of the surface plasmon excitation, lower light reflectance, and significant near field enhancement, aluminium nanoparticle arrays offer broadband light absorption by the cell. © 2019 by the authors. MDPI 2019 Article PeerReviewed Mukti, Rokeya Jahan and Hossain, Md Rabiul and Islam, Ariful and Mekhilef, Saad and Horan, Ben (2019) Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell. Energies, 12 (13). p. 2602. ISSN 1996-1073 https://doi.org/10.3390/en12132602 doi:10.3390/en12132602
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spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Mukti, Rokeya Jahan Hossain, Md Rabiul Islam, Ariful Mekhilef, Saad Horan, Ben Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
description	This article presents an effective structural design arrangement for light trapping in the front surface of a thin film silicon solar cell (TFSC). Front surface light trapping rate is significantly enhanced here by incorporating the Aluminium (Al) nanoparticle arrays into silicon nitride anti-reflection layer. The light trapping capability of these arrays is extensively analyzed via Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method considering the wavelength ranging from 400 to 1100 nm. The outcome indicates that the structural parameters associated with the aluminium nanoparticle arrays like particle radii and separations between adjacent particles, play vital roles in designing the solar cell to achieve better light trapping efficiency. A detailed comparative analysis has justified the effectiveness of this approach while contrasting the results found with commonly used silver nanoparticle arrays at the front surface of the cell. Because of the surface plasmon excitation, lower light reflectance, and significant near field enhancement, aluminium nanoparticle arrays offer broadband light absorption by the cell. © 2019 by the authors.
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author	Mukti, Rokeya Jahan Hossain, Md Rabiul Islam, Ariful Mekhilef, Saad Horan, Ben
author_facet	Mukti, Rokeya Jahan Hossain, Md Rabiul Islam, Ariful Mekhilef, Saad Horan, Ben
author_sort	Mukti, Rokeya Jahan
title	Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
title_short	Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
title_full	Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
title_fullStr	Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
title_full_unstemmed	Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell
title_sort	increased absorption with al nanoparticle at front surface of thin film silicon solar cell
publisher	MDPI
publishDate	2019
url	http://eprints.um.edu.my/23941/ https://doi.org/10.3390/en12132602
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Increased Absorption with Al Nanoparticle at Front Surface of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell

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