Bowtie-based plasmonic metal nanoparticle complexes to enhance the
opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells

Mustafa Mohammad Shaky; Mustafa Habib Chowdhury

doi:10.1364/AO.424978

Applied Optics
Vol. 60,
Issue 17,
pp. 5094-5103
(2021)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.424978

Bowtie-based plasmonic metal nanoparticle complexes to enhance the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells

Mustafa Mohammad Shaky and Mustafa Habib Chowdhury

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Abstract

This computational study investigates the possibility of using different multi-particle plasmonic nanoparticle complexes to enhance the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells (TFSCs). The nanoparticle complexes are in a bowtie nanocomplex (BNC) configuration, whereby each of the BNCs comprises a set of bowtie nanoantenna and a spherical nanoparticle. The results show that such plasmonic BNCs significantly enhance the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells when compared to a bare TFSC or a TFSC modified with a single plasmonic nanoparticle. These results indicate a potential new, to the best of our knowledge, avenue of designing high-performance TFSCs of the future.

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	Bowtie Nanoantenna (BNA)				Spherical Nanoparticle (SNP)
BNC	Side Length (l) (nm)	Thickness (t) (nm)	Material and Category	Pitch Sizes (p) (nm) Observed	Diameter (d) (nm)	Material
Al-Al-Al	100	150	Al BNA-1	240, 300, 310, 340, 400, 450, 500	150	Al
Al-Ag-Al	150	150	Al BNA-2	360, 400, 450	150	Ag
Al-Au-Al	150	100	Al BNA-3	300, 340, 550	100	Au
Ag-Ag-Ag	100	150	Ag BNA	200, 250, 490	150	Ag
Au-Au-Au	100	100	Au BNA	150, 200, 550	100	Au

Material	Diameter (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C} (m A / {c m}^{2})$	$V_{O C}$ (mV)	FF	$P_{m a x} (\times 10^{- 8} m W)$
Aluminum (Al)	50	151.5	20.955	495	0.8019	2.495
	100	167.1	23.453	498	0.8027	2.813
	150	185.55	26.465	501	0.8036	3.196
	200	174.45	26.122	501	0.8036	3.155
Silver (Ag)	150	179.1	24.453	499	0.8030	2.940
Gold (Au)	100	152.25	21.138	496	0.8022	2.523
Bare Si	–	150	20.766	495	0.8019	2.473

	Al-Al-Al BNC					Al BNA-1
	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$
Bare Si	150	20.766	495	0.8019	2.473	150	20.766	495	0.8019	2.473
150 nm Al Spherical NP	185.55	26.465	501	0.8036	3.196	–	–	–	–	–
Pitch size ( $p$ ) (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$
240	177	27.240	502	0.8038	3.297	143.115	22.691	497	0.8024	2.715
300	181.5	28.370	503	0.8041	3.442	145.155	22.73	497	0.8024	2.719
310	179.1	28.135	503	0.8041	3.414	144.705	22.817	498	0.8027	2.736
340	178.35	28.061	503	0.8041	3.405	145.515	22.905	498	0.8027	2.747
400	178.95	27.908	503	0.8041	3.386	146.19	22.567	497	0.8024	2.700
450	179.85	28.062	503	0.8041	3.405	147.06	22.926	498	0.8027	2.749
500	177.6	27.419	502	0.8038	3.319	145.455	22.256	497	0.8024	2.663

	Al-Ag-Al BNC						Al-Au-Al BNC
$p$ (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$	$p$ (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$
360	178.65	25.253	500	0.8033	3.043	300	145.83	23.179	498	0.8027	2.780
400	179.25	25.596	501	0.8036	3.092	340	145.35	22.873	498	0.8027	2.743
450	178.95	25.427	500	0.8033	3.064	550	143.76	22.938	498	0.8027	2.751

	Ag-Ag-Ag BNC						Au-Au-Au BNC
$p$ (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$	$p$ (nm)	$g$	$J_{S C}$	$V_{O C}$	FF	$P_{m a x}$
200	168.9	19.3761	493	0.8013	2.296	150	143.7	19.5607	494	0.8016	2.324
250	167.85	21.1245	496	0.8022	2.522	200	142.59	19.7268	494	0.8016	2.343
490	162.9	21.2211	496	0.8022	2.533	550	142.86	20.0865	494	0.8016	2.386

Mustafa Mohammad Shaky	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2441-4673
Mustafa Habib Chowdhury	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5095-1179

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