Chemical synthesis of silver nanoparticles for solar cell applications

被引:41
作者
Bonsak, Jack [1 ,2 ]
Mayandi, Jeyanthinath [2 ]
Thogersen, Annett [2 ]
Marstein, Erik Stensrud [2 ]
Mahalingam, Umadevi [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oslo, Dept Phys, POB 1048 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
[2] Inst Energy Technol, N-2007 Kjeller, Norway
[3] Mother Theresa Womens Univ, Kodaikana, Tamil Nadu, India
来源
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI C: CURRENT TOPICS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS, VOL 8, NO 3 | 2011年 / 8卷 / 03期
关键词
silicon; solar cells; surface plasmons; chemical synthesis; silver; nanoparticles;
D O I
10.1002/pssc.201000275
中图分类号
TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
A novel approach to fabricate silver nanoparticles for light trapping applications in silicon based solar cells has been demonstrated. Silver nanoparticles of various sizes have been synthesized by chemical reduction reactions. The particle size in the colloidal solutions was varied by using two different reducing compounds in addition to altering the compositions of the mixtures. In the present work, deposition of the silver nanoparticles onto a conventional bulk silicon solar cell shows an increase in the quantum efficiency at longer wavelengths, indicating the utilization of incident radiation that is normally lost in poor absorbing silicon. (C) 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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页码:924 / 927
页数:4
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