Effects of “defective” plasmonic metal nanoparticle arrays on the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells: computational study

Abrar J. Haque; Asif A. Suny; Rifat B. Sultan; Tawseef A. Khan; Mustafa H. Chowdhury

doi:10.1364/AO.485633

Applied Optics
Vol. 62,
Issue 12,
pp. 3028-3041
(2023)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.485633

Effects of “defective” plasmonic metal nanoparticle arrays on the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells: computational study

Abrar J. Haque, Asif A. Suny, Rifat B. Sultan, Tawseef A. Khan, and Mustafa H. Chowdhury

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Abrar J. Haque, Asif A. Suny, Rifat B. Sultan, Tawseef A. Khan, and Mustafa H. Chowdhury, "Effects of “defective” plasmonic metal nanoparticle arrays on the opto-electronic performance of thin-film solar cells: computational study," Appl. Opt. 62, 3028-3041 (2023)

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- Original Manuscript: January 13, 2023
- Revised Manuscript: March 18, 2023
- Manuscript Accepted: March 19, 2023
- Published: April 12, 2023

Abstract

This computational study investigates the effects of common defects that occur while fabricating arrays of plasmonic metal nanoparticles (NPs) on the absorbing layer of the solar cells for enhancing their opto-electronic performance. Several “defects” in an array of plasmonic NP arrays on solar cells were studied. The results demonstrated no major changes in the performance of solar cells in the presence of “defective” arrays when compared to a “perfect” array with defect-free NPs. The results indicate that relatively inexpensive techniques may be used to fabricate “defective” plasmonic NP arrays on solar cells and still obtain a significant enhancement in opto-electronic performance.

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Defect Sets		Variations	Pitch
Defect-1	One Missing NP	01111,10111,11011,11101,11110	240 nm
	Two Missing NPs	00111,10011,11001,11100,10101,01011,01101,11010,10110,01110
	Smaller NP	SRRRR,RSRRR,RRSRR,RRRSR,RRRRS,SSRRR,RSSRR, RRSSR,RRRSS,SRRRS
	Bigger NP	BRRRR,RBRRR,RRBRR,RRRBR,RRRRB,BBRRR,RBBRR, RRBBR,RRRBB,BRRRB
Defect-2	Shape Variation	$x$ -axis radius- 45–142.22 nm, $y$ -axis radius- 142.22–45 nm, $z$ -axis radius- 80 nm	240 nm
	Pitch Variation	4th NP (with respect to 3rd NP)-160–320 nm (Step: 40 nm)2nd and 4th NP (with respect to 3rd NP)-160–320 nm (Step: 40 nm)	–
Defect-3	Contaminants–Iron, Nickel, Titanium, Silica	One NP in unit cell with diameter: 50–200 nm	240 nm

Parameter	Value/State
Temperature	300 K
Boundary condition	Defect 1, 2 (shape), 3–Periodic
Boundary condition	Defect 2 (pitch variation)-PML
Source	Solar Spectral Irradiance AM1.5G (Plane Wave)
Wavelength ( $λ$ ) range	400–1100 nm
Mesh type	Conformal Mesh
Mesh size	5 nm

Parameter	Value/State
Simulation temperature ( $K$ )	300 K
Temperature dependence	Isothermal
$p$ -type doping concentration ( $c m^{- 3}$ )	$2 \times 1 0^{20}$
$n$ -type doping concentration ( $c m^{- 3}$ )	$1 \times 1 0^{19}$
Voltage sweeping range	0–0.7 V
Voltage sweeping range interval	0.05 V
Number of voltage sweeping points	15

Pitch between 3rd and 4th particles	Short circuit current density $(J_{S C}) m A / {c m}^{2}$	%Change in efficiency $(% Δ η$ )
Bare Si substrate	1.31	0
Optimum pitch 240 nm	2.17	70.12
160 nm	2.12	66.21
200 nm	2.03	59.21
280 nm	2.06	61.35
320 nm	1.95	52.44
Pitch size between 2nd, 3rd, and 4th particles	Short circuit current density $(J_{SC}) mA / {cm}^{2}$	%Change in efficiency ( $% Δ η$ )
160 nm	1.96	52.54
200 nm	2.03	59.21
280 nm	1.90	47.97
320 nm	1.69	31.84

Defect Sets		Variations	Pitch
Defect-1	One Missing NP	01111,10111,11011,11101,11110	240 nm
	Two Missing NPs	00111,10011,11001,11100,10101,01011,01101,11010,10110,01110
	Smaller NP	SRRRR,RSRRR,RRSRR,RRRSR,RRRRS,SSRRR,RSSRR, RRSSR,RRRSS,SRRRS
	Bigger NP	BRRRR,RBRRR,RRBRR,RRRBR,RRRRB,BBRRR,RBBRR, RRBBR,RRRBB,BRRRB
Defect-2	Shape Variation	$x$ -axis radius- 45–142.22 nm, $y$ -axis radius- 142.22–45 nm, $z$ -axis radius- 80 nm	240 nm
	Pitch Variation	4th NP (with respect to 3rd NP)-160–320 nm (Step: 40 nm)2nd and 4th NP (with respect to 3rd NP)-160–320 nm (Step: 40 nm)	–
Defect-3	Contaminants–Iron, Nickel, Titanium, Silica	One NP in unit cell with diameter: 50–200 nm	240 nm

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