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Turnstile Diamond Dipole Nanoantenna Based Smart City Compatible Thin Film Solar Cell

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A unit cell design of a thin film solar cell incorporating turnstile diamond dipole nanoantenna as a means of light trap** structure is proposed and investigated. Diamond dipole nanoantenna (DDNA) is a transformed version of the conventional dipole nanoantenna whereby the arms of the dipole nanoantenna are replaced by diamond shaped nanoparticles. In contrast to the dipole nanoantenna, DDNA offers larger area for field confinement and it resonates in the maximum solar spectrum range. The reduction of reflection losses along with generation of localized surface plasmons leads to improved photovoltaic characteristics of the thin film solar cell. The suggested TFSC model offers 99% absorption with 1.52 times photocurrent calculated based on finite element approach.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vijayawada, 522501, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Abhishek Pahuja & Vipul Agarwal

  2. School of Engineering and Technology, BML Munjal University, Gurugram, 122413, Haryana, India

    Sandeep Kumar

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur, Jabalpur, 482001, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Manoj Singh Parihar & V. Dinesh Kumar

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Pahuja, A., Kumar, S., Agarwal, V., Parihar, M.S., Dinesh Kumar, V. (2024). Turnstile Diamond Dipole Nanoantenna Based Smart City Compatible Thin Film Solar Cell. In: Pareek, P., Gupta, N., Reis, M.J.C.S. (eds) Cognitive Computing and Cyber Physical Systems. IC4S 2023. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 537. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48891-7_18

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