Metal and dielectric nanoparticle scattering for improved optical absorption in photovoltaic devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Matheu, P ^a,b   Lim, S H ^a   Derkacs, D ^a   McPheeters, C ^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

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GOLD; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTO-CURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICA NANO-PARTICLES; SOLAR IRRADIATIONS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 52349095203     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2957980     Document Type: Article

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