The shape of metallic nanoparticles used to enhance the performance of thin-film solar cells is described by Gielis' superformula and optimized by an evolutionary algorithm. As a result, we have found a lens-like nanoparticle capable of improving the short circuit current density to 19.93 mA/cm2. Compared with a two-scale nanospherical configuration recently reported to synthesize the merits of large and small spheres into a single structure, the optimized nanoparticle enables the solar cell to achieve a further 7.75% improvement in the current density and is much more fabrication friendly due to its simple shape and tolerance to geometrical distortions. © 2013 Zhou et al.
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Zhou, S., Huang, X., Li, Q., & Xie, Y. M. (2013). A study of shape optimization on the metallic nanoparticles for thin-film solar cells. Nanoscale Research Letters, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-447
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