title: A comprehensive study for the plasmonic thin-film solar cell with periodic structure.
abstract: A comprehensive study of the plasmonic thin-film solar cell with the periodic strip structure is presented in this paper. The finite-difference frequency-domain method is employed to discretize the inhomogeneous wave function for modeling the solar cell. In particular, the hybrid absorbing boundary condition and the one-sided difference scheme are adopted. The parameter extraction methods for the zeroth-order reflectance and the absorbed power density are also discussed, which is important for testing and optimizing the solar cell design. For the numerical results, the physics of the absorption peaks of the amorphous silicon thin-film solar cell are explained by electromagnetic theory; these peaks correspond to the waveguide mode, Floquet mode, surface plasmon resonance, and the constructively interference between adjacent metal strips. The work is therefore important for the theoretical study and optimized design of the plasmonic thin-film solar cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Wei E I
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Sha
authors.forename: Wallace C H
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.forename: Weng Cho
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chew
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012993:Solar Energy; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial