Manuel J. Mendes Website
Professor of Photonics, Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics subjects
CENIMAT-i3N and CEMOP-UNINOVA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Campus de Caparica. 2829-516 Caparica. Portugal (email)
CENIMAT-i3N and CEMOP-UNINOVA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Campus de Caparica. 2829-516 Caparica. Portugal (email)
In order to enhance infrared light absorption in sub-bandgap transitions in an intermediate band solar cell, the scattered near-field potential from uncoated and coated metallic nanoparticles with a spheroidal shape is calculated with the electrostatic model. The absorption enhancement produced at the surface plasmon frequency of the nanoparticles can be of several orders of magnitude in some cases.
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