Engineering light absorption in single-nanowire solar cells with metal nanoparticles

Carlo Colombo; Peter Krogstrup; Jesper Nygård; Mark L. Brongersma; Anna F. Morral

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/12/123026

Engineering light absorption in single-nanowire solar cells with metal nanoparticles

Carlo Colombo, Peter Krogstrup, Jesper Nygård, Mark L. Brongersma, Anna F. Morral

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Abstract

Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) possess a fascinating ability to efficiently collect and trap light into a sub-wavelength volume due to the occurrence of leaky mode resonances. The same confinement ability is manifested by metal nanostructures thanks to the excitation of surface plasmons. Combining the two systems, we show how light absorption in individual NWs can be spectrally tailored and enhanced by decorating them with metal nanoparticles. This is demonstrated by means of scanning photocurrent measurements on individual NWs and interpreted by full-field simulations.

Original language	English
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	13
Pages (from-to)	123026
ISSN	1367-2630
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/12/123026
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2011

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