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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 20, Issue 14, Pages A496-A501Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A496
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- Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
- DOE Sunshot Program [DE-EE0005327]
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We analytically investigate the light trapping performance in plasmonic solar cells with Si/metallic structures. We consider absorption enhancements for surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) at planar Si/metal interfaces and localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) for metallic spheres in a Si matrix. We discover that the enhancement factors at Si/metal interfaces are not bound to the conventional Lambertian limit, and strong absorption can be achieved around plasmonic resonant frequencies. In addition, those enhancements are greatly reduced as the fields decay away from the Si/metal interfaces. Therefore, localized plasmonic resonances can be used as efficient light trapping schemes for ultrathin Si solar cells (< 50 nm), while photonic guided mode enhancement is more appropriate for thicker films. (c) 2012 Optical Society of America
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