Effective medium analysis of plasmonic silver nanoparticle films

Rudi Santbergen; Jeroen Sap; Tristan Temple; Serge Solntsev; Arno H M Smets; René Van Swaaij; Miro Zeman

doi:10.1557/opl.2011.1296

Effective medium analysis of plasmonic silver nanoparticle films

Rudi Santbergen^*, Jeroen Sap, Tristan Temple, Serge Solntsev, Arno H M Smets, René Van Swaaij, Miro Zeman

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Films of silver nanoparticles have optical properties that are useful for applications such as plasmonic light trapping in solar cells. We illustrate experimentally and by means of simulations how the particle shape affects the optical properties. In addition we show that these nanoparticle films can be represented by an effective medium layer with an almost identical reflectance and transmittance. The Bergman effective medium theory that we used provides a link between the nanoparticle shape and the optical properties. This insight can be used for the optical analysis of nanoparticle films and for further optimization of plasmonic solar cells.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	3rd-Generation and Emerging Solar-Cell Technologies
Pages	33-38
Number of pages	6
Volume	1322
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.1296
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 MRS Spring Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: 25 Apr 2011 → 29 Apr 2011

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Other	2011 MRS Spring Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	25/04/11 → 29/04/11

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