Distribution of Electromagnetic Field and Energy Flux in the Thin Film Solar Cell with Silver Nano-Disk Array

We simulate and calculate numerically the electromagnetic field and energy flux in single crystal silicon thin film solar cell coated with silver nano-disk square array by using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Because of the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of silver nano array, the electromagnetic field is redistributed and enhanced in the solar cell. The simulation results show that the electromagnetic field distribution and corresponding energy flux component depend on the nano array and the structure of absorbed layer in solar cell. The wavelength of the incident light relative to the nano array determine the profile of the electric field around the nano array. The electromagnetic field distribution in thin film is determined by the internal structure of solar cell. For different incident wavelengths, the electromagnetic field distribution in solar cell will changes. The energy flux named as Poynting vector also changes with the incident wavelength. To investigate the absorption of the solar cell, the normalized absorbed power at different wavelengths is calculated. Based on the SPR effect, the solar cell exhibts absorption enhancement sharply at a certain wavelength.