{Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review}

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Title	{Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review}
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2016
Authors	Mandal P., Sharma S.
Journal	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume	65
Pagination	537–552
Date Published	nov
ISSN	13640321
Abstract	Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency, plasmonic light trapping mechanism has been found to be of immense interests recently. The mechanism of strong scattering into the active materials and guiding of light at the excitation of plasmons at the metal-semiconductor interface play significant role for better photon harvesting. The present review concentrates on the recent advances on the application of plasmonics in inorganic semiconductor solar cell efficiency improvements. Various research groups active in this field have employed various metal nanostructures on to the surface of solar cells to achieve higher efficiency. This review partially also concentrates on surface nanopatterning of solar cells with nonmetallic dielectrics. Finally, a brief account on the dye-sensitized solar cell is presented to show the potential of plasmonics in solar cell research.
URL	http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1364032116303598
DOI	10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.031