Understanding the plasmonic properties of dewetting formed Ag nanoparticles for large area solar cell applications
Date
2013Source Title
Optics Express
Print ISSN
10944087
Publisher
Optical Society of American (OSA)
Volume
21
Issue
15
Pages
18344 - 18353
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and propagator (finite difference time domain) methods are used in numerical simulations to describe plasmonic properties and to interpret experimental data. The uncertainty on the locations of nanoparticles by the substrate in experiment is explained by the simulations of various Ag nanoparticle configurations. The change in plasmon resonance due to the location of nanoparticles with respect to the substrate, interactions among them, their shapes, and sizes as well as dielectric properties of substrate are discussed theoretically and implications of these for the experiment are deliberated. ©2013 Optical Society of America.
Keywords
Boundary element methodDielectric properties
Experiments
Finite difference time domain method
Nanoparticles
Solar cells
Substrates
Time domain analysis
Ag nanoparticle
De-wetting
Experimental datum
Large-area solar cells
Plasmon resonances
Plasmonic properties
Surface matching
Silver
metal nanoparticle
silver
metal nanoparticle
silver
chemical phenomena
chemistry
computer aided design
computer simulation
device failure analysis
devices
equipment design
light
power supply
radiation response
radiation scattering
solar energy
surface plasmon resonance
theoretical model
ultrastructure
wettability
article
chemistry
equipment
equipment failure
radiation exposure
surface plasmon resonance
ultrastructure
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Electric Power Supplies
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Light
Metal Nanoparticles
Models, Theoretical
Scattering, Radiation
Silver
Solar Energy
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Wettability
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Electric Power Supplies
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Light
Metal Nanoparticles
Models, Theoretical
Scattering, Radiation
Silver
Solar Energy
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Wettability
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