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Plasmonic Effect On The Photoluminescence Of Inas Quantum Dot Nanostructures, David Fryauf
Plasmonic Effect On The Photoluminescence Of Inas Quantum Dot Nanostructures, David Fryauf
Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
New materials for thin film photovoltaic applications are being explored worldwide, and one of the most popular new implementations is the introduction of an intermediate band gap in the semiconductor energy structure. Careful manipulation of semiconductor lattice material can form nanostructures such as quantum dots, which can be tuned to control specific intermediate energy levels. The introduction of an intermediate band in photovoltaic devices has a theoretical potential sunlight-toelectricity efficiency of roughly 63%. However, a specific material challenge of these thin film devices is limited absorption of long wavelengths of light. To increase absorption of the sun's visible spectrum, plasmonic …