naa a22 4500 510816053 CHVBK 20180411083508.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11468-013-9562-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11468-013-9562-6 Fabrication of Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in Al:ZnO as Potential Light-Trapping Plasmonic Interface for Thin Film Solar Cells [Elektronische Daten] [Hisham Nasser, Zaki Saleh, Engin Özkol, Mete Günoven, Alpan Bek, Raşit Turan] Incident photon conversion efficiency of the absorbing materials at either side of a thin film solar module can be enhanced by integrating a plasmonic interface. Silver nanoparticles represent a good candidate that can be integrated to a thin film solar cell for efficient light-trapping. The aim of this work is to fabricate plasmonically active interface consisting of Ag nanoparticles embedded in Al:ZnO that has the potential to be used at the front surface and at the back reflector of a thin film solar cell to enhance light-trapping and increase the photoconversion efficiency. We show that Ag can readily dewet the Al:ZnO surface when annealed at temperatures significantly lower than the melting temperature of Ag, which is beneficial for lowering the thermal budget and cost in solar cell fabrication. We find that such an interface fabricated by a simple dewetting technique leads to plasmonic resonance in the visible and near infrared regions of the solar spectrum, which is important in enhancing the conversion efficiency of thin film solar cells. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Silver nanoparticles nationallicence Dewetting nationallicence Plasmonic resonance nationallicence Light-trapping nationallicence Solar cells nationallicence Aluminum zinc oxide nationallicence Nasser Hisham Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Saleh Zaki Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Özkol Engin Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Günoven Mete Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Bek Alpan Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Turan Raşit Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut Plasmonics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/3(2013-09-01), 1485-1492 1557-1955 8:3<1485 2013 8 11468 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9562-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9562-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nasser Hisham Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saleh Zaki Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Özkol Engin Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Günoven Mete Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bek Alpan Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Turan Raşit Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GÜNAM), Middle East Technical University, 06800, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plasmonics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 8/3(2013-09-01), 1485-1492 1557-1955 8:3<1485 2013 8 11468 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer