Nanoparticle-induced light scattering for improved performance of quantum-well solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Derkacs, D ^a   Chen, W V ^a   Matheu, P M ^a,b   Lim, S H ^a   Yu, P K L ^a   Yu, E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPROVED PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM WELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICA; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 51349103784     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2973988     Document Type: Article

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