NOVELTY - Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device comprises: (a) a substrate; (b) a photoconversion layer disposed on the substrate; (c) a plasmonic nanostructure layer made of metal and disposed on the surface of the photoconversion layer; and (d) two electrodes.    USE - The plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device is used for power generation.    ADVANTAGE - The plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device has improved efficiency due to utilization of near percolation plasmonic nanostructures.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device comprises: (a) a substrate; (b) a photoconversion layer disposed on the substrate, where the photoconversion layer has a surface, and two charge collection regions; (c) a plasmonic nanostructure layer made of metal and disposed on the surface of the photoconversion layer, where the plasmonic nanostructure layer has plasmonic modes of electromagnetic field, such as electromagnetic field of the plasmonic modes is at least partially localized in the photoconversion layer; and where the plasmonic nanostructure layer has concentration of metal close to percolation threshold; and (d) two electrodes, a first electrode is in electrical contact with a first charge collection region of the photoconversion layer in which electrical charges of a first polarity are concentrated, and a second electrode is in electrical contact with a second charge collection region of the photoconversion layer in which electrical charges of a second polarity are concentrated, and where the Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device is configured to generate an electrical potential between the first and the second electrodes when the Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a method of manufacturing the Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of the plasmon-enhanced photovoltaic device.    Substrate (1.1)    Photoconversion layer (1.2)    Plasmonic nanostructure layer (1.3)    Electrodes (1.4,1.5)    Antireflection layer (1.6)