Papers by Keyword: Plasmonic Resonance

Abstract: Increasing spectral coverage of a solar cell over the entire solar spectrum is one of the most important energy harvesting ways. In this research, an alternative approach of using plasmon-enhanced luminescence to realize an efficient wavelength shifting potentially useful for solar cells was discussed. Plasmon-enhanced luminescence was experimentally shown in erbium-doped yttria films integrated with arrays of metallic nanostructures having different sizes, in which a strongly enhanced and nanoparticle size-dependent luminescent behavior was observed.

Abstract: Enhancing absorption of solar cells over the solar spectrum is one of the most important ways to improve such devices’ performances. In this research, two-dimensional surface photonic designs were suggested to introduce rotationally distributed reciprocal vectors, which will match the guiding modes of the thin planar layer of an active material, and thus to further couple the incident light laterally into the layer. This allows the use of a fewer amount of active materials, increases the devices’ angle acceptance, and reduces costs for both fabrication and system installation.