Understanding the plasmonic properties of dewetting formed Ag nanoparticles for large area solar cell applications

The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and propagator (finite difference time domain) methods are used in numerical simulati...

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Published in:Optics express 2013-07, Vol.21 (15), p.18344-18353
Main Authors: Günendi, M Can, Tanyeli, İrem, Akgüç, Gürsoy B, Bek, Alpan, Turan, Raşit, Gülseren, Oğuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Simulation
Computer-Aided Design
Electric Power Supplies
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Light
Metal Nanoparticles - chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles - radiation effects
Metal Nanoparticles - ultrastructure
Models, Theoretical
Scattering, Radiation
Silver - chemistry
Silver - radiation effects
Solar Energy
Surface Plasmon Resonance - instrumentation
Wettability
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Summary:The effects of substrates with technological interest for solar cell industry are examined on the plasmonic properties of Ag nanoparticles fabricated by dewetting technique. Both surface matching (boundary element) and propagator (finite difference time domain) methods are used in numerical simulations to describe plasmonic properties and to interpret experimental data. The uncertainty on the locations of nanoparticles by the substrate in experiment is explained by the simulations of various Ag nanoparticle configurations. The change in plasmon resonance due to the location of nanoparticles with respect to the substrate, interactions among them, their shapes, and sizes as well as dielectric properties of substrate are discussed theoretically and implications of these for the experiment are deliberated.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.21.018344