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Nano-plasmonic thin-film solar cell receiver in visible light communication

Ghahremanirad, E ; Sharif University of Technology

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1109/CSNDSP.2016.7573999
  3. Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
  4. Abstract:
  5. We propose a nano-plasmonic thin-film solar cell (TFSC) as a receiver for the visible light communication (VLC). The presented design is a novel and optimized structure that can be used instead of photodetectors and power supplies in the VLC. The plasmonic TFSC that described in this work is capable of increasing the light absorption in comparison with the conventional thick Si solar cell without plasmonic nanostructures. However, plasmonic nanoparticles can improve the absorption of Si solar cell in a visible range of solar spectra. In this paper, different situations for inserting nanoparticles in an active layer are considered and the absorption is calculated as a function of particle size, particle location, and particle number, in order to account for all possible cases within the active layer
  6. Keywords:
  7. Nano-plasmonic thin-film solar cell ; Digital signal processing ; Electromagnetic wave absorption ; Light ; Light absorption ; Nanoparticles ; Nanostructures ; Optical communication ; Particle size ; Plasmons ; Signal processing ; Silicon solar cells ; Solar cells ; Thin film solar cells ; Thin films ; Wireless telecommunication systems ; Light trapping structures ; Optical wireless communications ; Optimized structures ; Particle locations ; Particle numbers ; Plasmonic nanoparticle ; Visible light communication
  8. Source: 10th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing, 20 July 2016 through 23 July 2016 ; 2016 ; 9781509025268 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7573999/?reload=true