Nanostructures in photovoltaics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1849, 2006, Pages 3493-3503

  Catchpole, Kylie R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nanostructures; Photovoltaics; Quantum dots; Solar cell design; Surface plasmons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845609703     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1902     Document Type: Article

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