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Smart inverters with broadband light absorption enhancement of nanostructure plasmonic solar absorber using PSO algorithms and FDTD method

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Solar plasmonics absorbers have received outstanding interest from nanotechnology. However, they have small efficiency. To overcome this challenge, we have used two ways in this proposed paper. In the first method, two types of nanoparticle including gold and silver are used on the superstate silica layer in the form of an insulating metal structure. Additionally, to analyze the structure, finite difference time domain (FDTD) is proposed. As a result, at all wavelengths, more than 50% of sunlight will be absorbed. On the other hand, by combining the light to the boundary between nanoparticles and insulation and applying optimization method in Lumerical software, surface plasmons will be stimulated and the possibility of modeling in nanodimensions is provided. It was clearly obvious that by increasing the diameter of the nanoparticles from 10 to 15 nm the amount of light absorption is increased, and by reaching the diameter nanoparticles to 20 nm, light absorption decreases. Regarding to the standard account (100 mW cm2, AM 1.5), maximum short-circuit current of 20 mA, open-circuit voltage of 0.65 V and filling coefficient 60 percent, the amount of light conversion will be 8.45%.

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Farmani, A., Hamidi, A. Smart inverters with broadband light absorption enhancement of nanostructure plasmonic solar absorber using PSO algorithms and FDTD method. Opt Rev 29, 327–334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-022-00749-w

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