A novel generation of flexible opto-electronic smart applications is now emerging,
incorporating photovoltaic and sensing devices driven by the desire to extend and integrate …

Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

The optical properties of localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPR) sustained by self-
assembled silver nanoparticles are of great interest for enhancing light trap** in thin film …

Solid-state dewetting describes the transformation of thin films into a set of particles or
droplets at temperatures well below the melting temperature of the bulk. In this work in situ …

The interaction of light with wavelength-sized photonic nanostructures is highly promising for
light management applied to thin-film photovoltaics. Several light trap** effects come into …

We studied the initial stages of solid-state dewetting of thin nanocrystalline Au films
deposited on sapphire substrates during annealing in air and in the flow of forming gas. The …

Self-assembled silver-aluminum (Ag-Al) alloy nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in SiO2,
Si3N4, and SiON dielectric thin film matrices explored as a hybrid plasmonic structure for …

A novel type of plasmonic light trap** structure is presented in this paper, composed of
metal nanoparticles synthesized in colloidal solution and self-assembled in uniform long …

Light management has gained wide interest for various types of solar cells. This paper
reviews the application of nanostructures for light management to chalcopyrite (CIGSe) type …

Paper substrates, coated with ZnO nanorods (NRs) decorated with Ag nanoparticles (NPs),
allowed the production of inexpensive, highly-performing and extremely reproducible three …