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1Renewable Energy Research Center, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan, 2Research Center for Photovoltaic Technologies,National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:55Preparation of PDMS Stamps
- 03:54Ag-coating of PDMS Stamps
- 04:49Transfer Printing of Ag Nanodisks on Thin-film Si Surfaces
- 07:21Results: Light Trapping Silver Nanostructures Enhances Long Wavelength Light Trapping
- 08:21Conclusion
A viable transfer printing-based methodology to introduce plasmonic metal nanostructures in solar cells is described. Using nanopillar poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamps, an Ag-based ordered nanodisk array was integrated with standard hydrogenated microcrystalline Si solar cells, which led to improved device performances due to plasmonic light trapping.
