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http://dx.doi.org/10.9797/TSISS.2013.9.2.67

Plasmonic gold nanodot array optimization on a-Si thin film solar cells using anodic aluminum oxide templates  

Bae, Kyuyoung (School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
Kim, Kyoungsik (School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei Univ.)
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Transactions of the Society of Information Storage Systems / v.9, no.2, 2013 , pp. 67-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fabrication method of plasmonic nanodots on silicon substrate has been developed to improve the efficiency of thin film solar cells. Nanoscale metallic nanodots arrays are fabricated by anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) template mask which can have different structural parameters by varying anodization conditions. In this paper, the structural parameters of gold nanodots, which can be controlled by the diverse structures of AAO template mask, are investigated to enhance the optical properties of a-Si thin film solar cells. It is found that optical properties of the thin film solar cells are improved by finding optimization values of the structural parameters of the gold nanodot array.
Keywords
Anodic aluminum oxide; plasmonic; thin film solar cell;
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