Plasmon modes of fishnet metastructure and its trapping and control of light for thin film solar cells

Jiang Yue; Wang Shu-Ying; Wang Zhi-Ye; Zhou Hua; Ka Ma-Le; Zhao Song; Shen Xiang-Qian

doi:10.7498/aps.70.20210693

Abstract

The fishnet metastructure has plane, near-optical lossless characteristic, and can excite surface plasmons in a specific light field. It has great potential in enhancing the response efficiency of photonic devices. Based on the finite difference time domain method and rigorous coupled wave analysis, in this paper, we systematically study the plasmon resonance mode of the fishnet metastructure and its light wave regulation performance on the crystalline silicon thin film solar cells. The research results show that the characteristics of absorption, scattering and extinction for the fishnet structure strongly depend on the thickness, line width, period and other characteristic parameters of the metal layer. Through optimizing the design, the resonant peak is red-shifted to 770 nm, and the relative extinction cross-section reaches 1.69, and the scattered light occupies a dominant position in the extinction spectrum. The crystalline silicon thin film solar cell with a response layer thickness of 2 μm constructed in this way has a significantly enhanced absorption efficiency in the wavelength band greater than 800 nm, and the final energy conversion efficiency of the device increases from 6.67% to 8.25%. The light intensity distribution shows that the enhanced backscattering caused by resonance and the large-angle deflection of the photon propagation direction are important reasons for the response gain of the solar cell.

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1.
Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Solid State Physics and Devices, School of Physical Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
2.
School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China

Corresponding author: Shen Xiang-Qian, sxqlyq@xju.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11804050), the Higher Education Research Program of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (Grant No. XJEDU2017S004), and the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China (Grant No. 2018D01C048).

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图 1 渔网超结构及相应陷光电池的仿真模型　(a)渔网结构电池示意图; (b)渔网结构及相应参数示意图; (c)模拟周期

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of fishnet metastructure and the simulation model of solar cell with fishnet metastructure: (a) Schematic diagram of solar cell with fishnet metastructure; (b) the detail and design parameters of the fishnet metastructure; (c) top view of the schematic of the unit cell for the simulation.

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图 2 渔网超结构的吸收(a1), (b1), (c1), 散射(a2), (b2), (c2)及消光(a3), (b3), (c3)光谱随特征参数的变化关系　(a1)−(a3) 厚度; (b1)−(b3) 周期; (c1)−(c3) 宽度

Figure 2. Dependence of absorption (a1), (b1), (c1), scattering (a2), (b2), (c2) and extinction (a3), (b3), (c3) spectra of fishnet metastructure on its characteristic parameters: (a1)−(a3) Thickness; (b1)−(b3) period; (c1)−(c3) width.

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图 3 渔网超结构薄晶硅电池的光电响应特性　(a)优化后渔网超结构的消光、散射及吸收光谱; (b)不同结构薄晶硅电池及渔网超结构的反射和吸收光谱; (c)不同结构薄晶硅电池的伏安特性曲线; (d)渔网超结构薄晶硅电池的剖面光强分布

Figure 3. Photoelectric response characteristics of thin film silicon solar cell with fishnet metastructure: (a) Extinction, scattering and absorption spectra of fishnet metastructure with optimal parameter; (b) the reflection and absorption spectrum of silicon thin film solar cells and fishnet metastructure with different structures; (c) the current voltage characteristic curves of silicon thin film solar cells with different structures; (d) light intensity distribution of vertical section of silicon thin film solar cell with fishnet metastructure.

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图 4 渔网超结构的截面光强分布　(a) X方向偏振光强; (b) Y方向偏振光强

Figure 4. Light intensity distribution of cross-section of fishnet metastructure: (a) X polarized direction; (b) Y polarized direction.

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[6]	宫步青, 陈小雨, 王伟鹏, 王治业, 周华, 沈向前 2020 物理学报 69 188801 Google Scholar Gong B Q, Chen X Y, Wang W P, Wang Z Y, Zhou H, Shen X Q 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 188801 Google Scholar
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[23]	Feng N N, Jurgen M, Zeng L R, Liu J F, Hong C Y, Lionel C K, Duan X M, 2007 IEEE Trans. Electron Devices 54 1926 Google Scholar

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